CO 554
Collection
Textiles
Brief description
Paisley shawl with a fringe and pattern of vertical scroll motifs and stripe-like panels in red, orange, brown, beige and green, manufactured in c.1850.
Object name
shawl
Object number
CO 554
Production date
c.1850 (manufactured)
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
Material
wool
cotton
silk
cotton
silk
Technique
woven
Physical description
Paisley shawl, Victorian, coloured in red, orange, brown and beige/green. Vertical scroll motif, in four stripes, with a break in the middle. It has a sewn in label stamped 34576/846.
Dimensions
Length: 346cm
Width: 168cm
Width: 168cm
Website keywords
textiles
Label
Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):
Shawl
The Scottish town Paisley dominated the British manufacture of imitation Kashmir shawls – which were very costly things – especially in the 1850s. The Scottish designs were so successful that the pattern, which closely mimicked the originals, became known as ‘paisley’. The newest shawl designs arriving in London were traced, hastily woven, and cheap copies could be on sale within eight days.
Shawl
The Scottish town Paisley dominated the British manufacture of imitation Kashmir shawls – which were very costly things – especially in the 1850s. The Scottish designs were so successful that the pattern, which closely mimicked the originals, became known as ‘paisley’. The newest shawl designs arriving in London were traced, hastily woven, and cheap copies could be on sale within eight days.
-
© Museum of the Home, London
-
© Museum of the Home, London
-
© Museum of the Home, London
-
© Museum of the Home, London
-
