Printed square shawl or furnishing fabric; mid 19th C.
Printed square shawl or furnishing fabric; mid 19th C.
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- Description (Brief)
- Cotton, block-printed square shawl, or possibly a table cover; mid 19th C. Border design engineered to continue around the corners. European style flowers and leaves with a stylized lace-like ruffle connecting, floral motifs in two diagonally opposing corners suggest this was ade for use as a shawl, folded in half diagonally. A narrow outer border with a stylized 'indienne' design.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- shawl, printed
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- ID Number
- TE.T16397.000
- catalog number
- T16397.000
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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