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Printed shawl
1840's

The colours are stunning but not garish.


Cataloguing

each end with huge pines filled with semi naturalistic flowers including roses, tulips  and hydrangea with feathery leafy sprays, all in electric blue, red, pink, orange and mid green on a black fine wool field, four simpler large sprays on the inner field,  the side and ends with simpler shaped pines, two ends fringed 11 ft 6 in x 5ft 10 in; 3.5 x 1.77 


Condition

Very good. I can see 3 pinprick holes and 3 slightly larger. Some of the fringe pieces are shortened.