Long shawl with unusual half-black and half-plain center medallion, elongated, foliated pines filled with floral elements and additional pines/boteh, harlequin gates and fringe in shades of yellow, red, blue, pink, black, and white. Woven on a jacquard loom. Owner's name and date stitched to back corner. Most likely French, no signature or marks.
shawls
wool (textile)
paisley
boteh
Shawl
Shawl
"Charlotta Lindquist/Skofde/Sverige/1875" (Ink inscription on yellow twill square handstitched to back corner)
1034.1
964
Unknown
France
Gift of Bruce Jacobson
2014.142.1
1850-1870 (1875 noted on tag stitched to shawl, family history. Style places it mid-century or later.)
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