Long Shawl

Long Shawl

c. 1835

Accession Number

62500

Medium

Wool and cotton, center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

334.1 × 161.7 cm (131 1/2 × 63 5/8 in.)

Classification

costume - weaving

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of M. F. Hunson