1845~ / 1850~, Paisley

1845~ / 1850~, Paisley

Identifier
T.361-1967
Acquisition
Given by Miss A. Kinkelin and Miss F. Kinkelin
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
280.67 cm (length)
296 cm (length)
58.42 cm (width)
60 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Long and narrow shawl woven in wool, silk and cotton. With a plain blue centre with a patterned border about 2.5 feet deep (30 inches) at each end and a narrower side border, and the motifs project into the plain centre. The ends borders contain elongated cones slanted across one another in a graceful design. The side border contains thin cones clustered together and looking like the leaves of a plant. The main colours are red, brown-maroon, green, white, yellow, turquoise-blue and lilac pink. There is a narrow selvedge at each side woven with emerald green silk. At the ends are differently coloured silk warps inserted to make areas of maroon and brown at the sides, green at the middle, and red between them. There is a warp fringe loosely twisted. The 2/1 twill weave for the pattern is coarse. Shawl woven in wool, silk and cotton, possibly made in Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1845-1850