1835~, Austria

1835~, Austria

Identifier
T.92-1966
Acquisition
Given by Mrs K. A. Westmacott
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
304 cm (length)
304.165 cm (length)
315 cm (length)
142 cm (width)
142.24 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Shawl of woven silk, wool and cotton, possibly made in Austria, ca. 1835 Shawl of woven silk, wool and cotton. Plain red wool and silk centre. Deep border of fairly plain cones with simple flower fillings, on grounds white within the cone, red without. A narrow border of shawl-flowers meander around the panel with cones and along the side of the shawl. Within this is an edging of shawl-flowers on the red ground of the shawl, with a cone in each corner. The warp is of red silk, the weft is of wool. The weave is twill with the pattern bound in 1/3 twill.