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shawl fragment
Textile

shawl fragment

mid - late 18th Century

A fragment consisting of part of the border of a red shawl. The fabric is twill woven. The design consists of a repeating series of large buta motifs. The predominant colours are reds but there are...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

early 18th-mid 18th Century

A fragment consisting of part of a cream shawl including the border. The fabric has been twill woven using fine yarn. The main border design consists of a repeating series of large floral motifs se...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

early 18th Century

Two joining fragments from a long oblong cream shawl, including one border at the short end. The fabric has been twill woven using very fine wool yarn (?). A narrow border runs all round the edge o...

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sari
Textile

sari

early-mid 18th Century

Sari of fine twill woven crimson ground with an all over twill-tapestry woven design of stylised isolated floral motifs, woven to form a repeating design. One end of the sari has a deep border of seve...

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shawl
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shawl

18th century

This shawl has a white ground decorated at each end with a border of large pine cone "buta" motifs, and a narrower border consisting of smaller pine cone patterning which runs along all four sides. A...

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