Long Shawl
1815–1820
- Medium
- Center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
- Dimensions
- 259.1 × 128.3 cm (102 × 50 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)fashionTextileweaving