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moon shawl (Chandar)
Textile

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...

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shawl
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shawl

early 19th Century

This shawl is twill tapestry woven. It is of a design known as a chand-dar or 'moon shawl' which has a central circular design (moon) and a quarter circle in each corner. Inside the circles and quad...

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