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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 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...
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
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...
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...
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...
shawl
c 1820
An oblong cream shawl with wide borders at the shorter ends, featuring a repeat butah design. There are also narrow floral and foliate borders around all 4 edges. The fabric is twill woven using fi...
shawl
c. 1815
A large oblong cream shawl, or shoulder mantle, with wide borders at the shorter ends which feature a repeat buta design. There are also narrow floral and foliate borders around all 4 edges. The ...
moon shawl (Chandar)
c. 1825
A medium sized shawl, pieced together from 2 sections of fabric. It has an overall repeat design of small botehs (usually found as a decorative element of a long shawl's dhor). The boteh patterns, w...
shawl
19th century
Thought to be a Norwich shawl composed of silk warp and very fine wool weft with an all-over printed design and twill woven cream silk stripes which form square and rectangular blocks all over the sha...