The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Square Shawl ("amli")
mid-1800s
Overall: 182.9 x 177.8 cm (72 x 70 in.)
Gift of the Burridge Family 1926.239
Location: not on view
Description
The central white medallion radiates into a swirling pattern of rosettes and teardrop-shaped “tree-of-life” motifs, also known as paisley, that spread over the entire surface. In the border is an undulating vine and a row of gate-like elements filled with individual trees. Kashmiri shawls were signs of high social status in India. Beginning in the late 1700s, the shawls were also coveted throughout Europe and America, until they began to fall out of fashion during the 1870s.- ?–1926Emily C. Burridge [c. 1855–1941], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1926–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23, 2023-February 4, 2024).India's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).
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