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Paisley Shawl
1860s

Great Islamic design and orange colouring. The epaulette borders are more imaginative than on many shawls. This would be great to use, to display in a room or lay on a table.


Cataloguing

The central black Islamic influenced shape surrunded by deep borders of curving and swirling pines and exotic foliage, all in shades of orange, red, ochre, ivory and blue with black outlines, the narrow outer border with a repeat medallion design, the epaulette borders with blocks of red and black containing leafy foliage within mehrabs, with narrow ochre and ivory arches, wool and silk.



11 ft x 5ft 3 in; 3.35 x 1.6 m



 



 


Condition

 1 1/2 in; 4 cm amazing darn on the orange section of shawl. You can feel it but difficult to detect. One other area 3 x 3/4  ; 7 x 2 cm again amazingly darned.