Long Stole
1795–1810
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave foundation; embroidered with cotton thread in stem and satin stitches and French knots
- Dimensions
- 295.9 × 94 cm (116 1/2 × 37 in.)
- Genre
- costume
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
cotton (textile)muslincostume accessoryrosesflowerscostume - embroideryembroiderycostumeNeoclassicismembroideringplain weaving
About
In addition to fine cashmere wool shawls, other materials were used to create shawls and stoles inspired by the elegant Kashmir shawl. Here, ethereal Indian muslin is embroidered with roses that sway like their Kashmir buta (paisley) counterparts.