Caption

Cashmere shawl, purchased provenance. Fashion; women's clothing and accessory; cashmere shawl with geometric and plant ornaments. Early 19th century, Iran. Shawl with a pattern of colorful stripes with fine ornamentation: repeating color sequence of ochre, sky blue, red, white, black, red, light blue, alternating with parrot green. Sewn from two pieces: one piece has preserved workshop edges 69 cm wide, the other is narrower without a selvedge. Length 256 cm, width 132 cm., The image shows a patterned textile with many vertical striped bands in a repeating arrangement. The stripes include colors such as red, mustard yellow, pale blue, cream, black, and olive green, each containing small decorative motifs and subtle texture variations. The textile edges show a short fringe at the bottom and the overall surface has a woven appearance with slight irregularities in the stripe widths and motifs. The pattern fills the entire frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_209

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.0Mb (4.0Mb) / 10.7in x 12.7in / 3208 x 3810 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cashmere shawl purchased provenance Fashion women's clothing accessory cashmere shawl geometric plant ornaments Early 19th century Iran Shawl pattern colorful stripes fine ornamentation repeating color sequence ochre sky blue red white black light blue alternating parrot green Sewn two pieces piece preserved workshop edges 69 cm wide narrower selvedge Length 256 cm width 132 cm image patterned textile vertical striped bands repeating arrangement stripes include colors mustard yellow pale blue cream olive green containing small decorative motifs subtle texture variations textile edges short fringe bottom surface woven appearance slight irregularities stripe widths motifs pattern fills entire frame.