Square Shawl

Norwich, England, Edinburgh, Scotland · 1840 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: Norwich, England, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date: 1840
Medium: Wool, silk, and cotton, center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; attached silk, warp-faced weft ribbed plain weave extended ground weft fringe; two selvages present; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
Dimensions: 195.9 × 191.6 cm (77 1/8 × 75 3/8 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Sarah R. Packard in memory of her mother, Alice G. Radcliffe

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Norwich, England, Edinburgh, Scotland · 1840 · Art Institute of Chicago

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

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Maker: Norwich, England, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date: 1840
Medium: Wool, silk, and cotton, center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; attached silk, warp-faced weft ribbed plain weave extended ground weft fringe; two selvages present; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
Dimensions: 195.9 × 191.6 cm (77 1/8 × 75 3/8 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Sarah R. Packard in memory of her mother, Alice G. Radcliffe

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0