PAISLEY SHAWL

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A rectangular wool Paisley shawl with small cream colored area in the center surrounded by a large multicolored Paisley pattern of botehs and cypress leaves. There is a fringe at the warp ends of the shawl. The colors used are cream, black, red, green, and brown. This may have been used as a throw for the couch in the library.

Object name:

PAISLEY SHAWL

Made from:

Wool

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

312.4 × 166.4 cm (123 × 65 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.690

Class:

Linen

Signature marks:

trust seal illegible attached to the edge of the shawl This is a gray tag. wooden tag 4972v/Waille Kolep??/Sal'kovv/310X135/33p r.[rubles]/signature which is illegible Attached to the shawl This is a wooden tag with ink writing.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973