Shawl
Maker
Unknown
Datec. Mid to Late 19th Century
Mediumwool
Dimensions56 5/8 × 125 3/8 inches (143.8 × 318.5 cm)
Credit LineTelfair Museum of Art, XX-1.
Object numberXX-1
On View
Not on viewTerms
c.1805 - 1830
CopyrightTelfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GeorgiaLabel TextA machine-woven shawl possibly Scottish from the md-late 19th c., imitating the elaborate Kashmir designs. Stylized paisley patterns are woven with red, yellow, blue, cream, black and green yarns using a twill structure. A black center has an embroidered signature in white.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, American and European museums’ collections included examples of textiles representing the woven history of many different global cultures. The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences [now Telfair Museums] received collections of textiles from various well-traveled Savannahians.