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1870 / 1899, Mexico

1870 / 1899, Mexico

Identifier
T.32-1931
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Alfred Percival Maudslay
Collection
Material
Depiction
Dimension
212 cm (length)
38 cm (length)
80 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Cotton and silk; Mexico; 1870-1899 1931 Description: Sash woven in cotton and silk. The ground, of black cotton, has a pattern of narrow stripes in orange silk. At either end there is a very wide knotted fringe of black cotton and orange silk. Even if the sash is of European weaving, the fringe is probably of local make. 1975 Description: This shawl is most definately related to T.40-1931, even though the weaving of this shawl is less complicated. 1997 Notes: The fringe is formed by the warp threads at eithe end. The orange stripe is a combination of bright orange silk and light orange cotton. It has not been possible to count the black warp and weft threads per inch. The orange silk and cotton forms a supplementary warp - is this a 'flushing' warp?