About this artwork
These boldly patterned shawls illustrate the broad appeal of the buta, or paisley, pattern. The Jacquard mechanism, a patterning technology introduced in the first decade of the 1800s, enabled European manufacturers to create increasingly complex variations on the paisley motif. Although this technology allowed for faster weaving, European companies never successfully reproduced the delicacy of the hand-woven shawls from Kashmir. British- and French-made shawls tended to be thicker and heavier and the designs were arguably less refined than the original Kashmir garments.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Woman's Long Shawl
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Places
- Europe (Object made in), England (Object Probably made in), Norwich (Object Probably made in)
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Date
- Made 1820-1829
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Medium
- Silk, cotton, and wool, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; attached side borders of 2:2, 2:2, 1:3, 2:2...'Z' composite twill weaves with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
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Dimensions
- 264.2 × 124.2 cm (104 × 48 7/8 in.); Center repeat: 12.7 × 14.5 cm (5 × 5 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr.; Textile Purchase Fund
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Reference Number
- 1977.186
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/93956/manifest.json
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