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Large Brocaded and Paisley Printed Chiffon Shawl

1900

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Unknown

Large Brocaded and Paisley Printed Chiffon Shawl

1900

Physical Qualities Silk, 28 x 88 in. (71.1 x 223.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number 2008.31
Large rectangular brocaded scarf of sheer tan silk chiffon with overprint of paisley design. The silk chiffon ground is has straight edges, including two long selvages that are woven more compactly and two hemmed short edges finished with hand stitching. The scarf is brocaded with a design of circles within a scalloped border design in matching tan silk threads. The brocaded pattern is obscured with an over printed design of botehs set within a grid on point in vibrant colors of red, blue, black, and green. The printing does not extend beyond the brocading, leaving a large unprinted and unembellished border.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD.

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