Shawl
- Object Name:
- Shawl
- Object ID:
- 2002.626.15
- Date:
- 1800-1850
- Description:
- Table cloth or Shawl. Probably French. Printed wool, twill weave. Cream background. Printed border in green and pink. Two sides are fringed. Shawl, of block-printed, twill-woven wool. (The registration marks and occasional misalignment of the printing blocks are evident.) Natural cream-color background, printed with colorful Indiennes design of floral bouquets connected by vines, with a border of flowers within buta [paisley] shapes. Colors of the printed design are predominately bright pink, red, and green, with some blue and yellow. Two sides are self-fringed; it seems that the other sides were also fringed, but it has mostly worn away. Probably printed in France.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-50 L-49.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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