Art Institute of Chicago

Long Shawl

Probably Scotland, Edinburgh or Paisley, or England, Norwich

Date

1815/20

Medium

Center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Culture

Scotland

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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