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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...
shawl
1830-1850
The phala (large patterned border at each end of the shawl) has a total of eight densely patterned right-hand facing botehs, separated into compartments by a series of vertical lines between symmetric...
shawl
c. 1825
The deep phala patterned border at each end has seven buta shapes each with a symmetrical floral design with the phalia infilled around the buta shapes with stylised flowers. This is called the jhal. ...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven Moon shawl composed of a central medalion and a quarter medallions at each corner. The whole field is twill/tapestry woven with small repeating geometric shapes in blue on a cream ground. ...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with an all over design composed of a central medalion and quarter medallions in each corner. A decorative border surrounds the whole design. The central field of the shawl has a re...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with large patterned borders (palia) at each end comprising of seven elongated buta shapes on a cream ground, outlined in black with pale blue and pink geometric shapes and in filled...
shawl
mid 19th-late 19th Century
Twill/tapestry woven shawl with a deep patterned border (phala) across each end. Each border is composed of seven elongated buteh shapes, each woven with the same design but varying colour schemes. Th...
shawl
1870-1880
Large rectangular shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of red, green, orange, purple, pale and dark green, burgundy and cream woollen threads. The all over design is twill woven with two threads for every...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Long rectangular shawl jacquard woven in shades of red, green, lilac, pale blue, cream and burgundy. An all over design stylised floral design radiates toward a plain cream centre. Wool warp and cotto...
shawl
mid 19th Century
Large shawl, jacquard woven, in shades of green, red, pink, mid blue, black and old gold coloured wool. The all over design forms a mirror image on each side of the shawl if folded in half. The centre...
shawl pattern sample
Shawl border fragment or pattern sample. Twill tapestry woven design with embroidered detail. There is a border of multicoloured stripes along one side and both ends have short fringes.
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the border of a shawl. Patterning depicts left facing butehs on a red ground with floral patterning within and around them. Along the outside edge is a narrow border with floral patterni...
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the border of a shawl. Patterning depicts left facing butehs on a red ground with floral patterning within and around them. Along the outside edge is a narrow border with floral patterni...
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the border of a shawl. Twill tapestry woven with a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral mot...
shawl fragment
early 19th Century
Fragment of the corner of a border of a shawl. With a cream ground and woven patterning in red and blue. Widest border has left facing butehs with large flowers inside and smaller floral motifs arou...
shawl
c. 1830
Palla (large patterned border at each end of the shawl): a total of eight densely patterned right-hand facing botehs, separated into compartments by a series of vertical lines between symmetrically ar...
woven textile
before 2000
A hand woven piece in yellow, brown, green and natural, with a weft stripe and small geometric designs of triangles and diamonds. The short edges have warp fringing. The single warp is natural colo...
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woven cloth
before 2000
This long piece of narrow cloth appears to be a repeat of three identical sections connected by unused warp threads. It would suggest that the three sections woven on the same warp are intended to fun...
moon shawl (Chandar)
c. 1830
Complete shawl in interlocking twill tapestry. Dense floral patterned quarter (corner) medallions and central medallion. Hashia (outside border) of running ornament. One set of borders which have b...
shawl
c. 1820
Palla (large patterned border at each end of the shawl): shows eight large botehs with revers facing smaller botehs within. Densely patterned using interlocking twill tapestry. Predominance of red. ...
shawl border pattern
19th-early 20th Century
Kashmir shawl border pattern sample with polychrome embroidered decoration on a cream ground the embroidery depicts stylised flower sprays and a running border of leaves along the bottom.
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...
whitework shawl border embroidery
19th-early 20th Century
Kashmir shawl border pattern sample with whitework type embroidered decoration on a cream ground depicting foliar sprays in cream with pulled work bordered in light brown. There is a narrow running ...
shawl
late 17th Century
The shawl consists of an oblong of very fine twill woven yellow fabric. It has a woven pink and green repeating floral design in the main borders at the ends of the shawl and small floral and foliate...