Shawl
- Object Name:
- Shawl
- Object ID:
- 1958.039.01
- Place of Origin:
- Pakistan
- Date:
- 1890-1920
- Description:
- Embroidered hanging. Red and green silk, hand-stitched embroidery on cotton fabric. Buttonhole stitch and chain stitch. Overall stylized floral pattern in stripes with a border at ends. Seam down one side.
Shawl or veil. Sindhi origin. Word abochhini means shawl in Sindhi, worn over the head, also worn over shoulders. Embroidered with red and green silk on a beige cotton ground. Two-panel construction, each 34" wide, seamed .13" with running stitches of green thread at center. Seam edges are raw. Embroidery stitched over center seam. Edges selvedges. Hemmed top, bottom with .13" seam. Embroidery pattern on bottom strip of red and green flowering bushes or trees alternating with another pattern in red. Stripes of flowers in red and green run vertically. Embroidery not consistent. - Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-50 L-86 inches
- Provenance:
- Object originally owned by Nellie K. Adams (1893-1958), seamstress, a resident of Pleasant View Home. Gift of Helen A. Sawyer (1890-1981), manager, The Christian Science Pleasant View Home, 233 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen A. Sawyer
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