Shawl
Category
Costume
Date
1820
Materials
Silk, Wool
Measurements
3006 mm (Length)787 mm (W)
Place of origin
Norwich
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348903
Summary
Shawl - Silk twill with wool fillover. Crimson ground. Design of small sprigs in dark and light blue, greens, yellow and white. Border woven in at ends, sewn down sides and 3 narrow leaved stripes. 3 inch (76mm) border inside of flowers, talks and leaves. Warp fringe. 116 inch (3006mm) x 31 inch (787mm). Possibly of Norwich manufacture. cf. Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' p 115.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade