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Pashmina shawl
c 1860

Stunning shawl. Great for a throw or to mount and hang. These pieced shawls are incredible works of art. Wonderful workmanship. Several weavers would have woven a section, which was then expertly pieced together by a shawl tailor or rafugar. From the front it is impossible to tell this, the design is completly aligned. See Production Methods section in ARTICLES on my website. The embroidered border appears to be woven from a distance, which was exactly the idea.


Cataloguing

woven in pashmina with fronds of foliage emerging into the black starburst centre with signature, the densely woven borders with dramatic exotic foliage and elongated swirling pines, embroidered epaulette fringed border 5 in; 13 cm , all in 6 ft 6 in; 2 m sq


Condition

There were quite a few small holes which we have conserved. Photos available. The signature, which was embroidered on, is not complete, some of the threads being missing.