1835~ / 1865~, Norwich

1835~ / 1865~, Norwich

Identifier
T.72-1963
Acquisition
Given by A. H. Welch
Collection
Material
Depiction
Dimension
375.92 cm (length)
354 cm (length)
208.28 cm (width)
175 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Shawl of printed wool and silk gauze, Norwich, England, ca. 1835 - ca. 1865 Shawl of printed wool and silk gauze. The shawl is wovn with a silk and wiil gausze ground with white silk stripes at intervals in the warp and weeft. The shawl is printed with a design of three cones, one larger flanked by two smaller ones. These are containd with a formlal cartouch. the design is repeated over the whole shawl. Around the shawl is a failry narrow border of half medallions. The colouring is predominatly crimson, red, blue and pink.