Lot Essay
This shawl is very close in design to that illustrated in The Cashmire Shawl, by Monique Levi Strauss, p.103. The design is held by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Cabinet des Dessins, CD5275 F.5
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A LONG SHAWL
FRENCH, CIRCA 1850
The ends woven à Pivot with elongated boteh in red, blue and green with an asymetrical centre of red and white woven with flowering palm trees and red and yellow vignettes at each side--140in. x 64in. (355.6cm. x 162.6cm.)
FRENCH, CIRCA 1850
The ends woven à Pivot with elongated boteh in red, blue and green with an asymetrical centre of red and white woven with flowering palm trees and red and yellow vignettes at each side--140in. x 64in. (355.6cm. x 162.6cm.)