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Square Shawl ("amli")

mid-1800s
Wool: embroidery (large-pieced areas)
Overall: 182.9 x 177.8 cm (72 x 70 in.)
Gift of the Burridge Family 1926.239
Location: not on view
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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.
Square Shawl ("amli")

Square Shawl ("amli")

mid-1800s

India, Kashmir

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