AN EXHIBITION SHAWL, BY ANTHONY BERRUS

1861-1864

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AN EXHIBITION SHAWL, BY ANTHONY BERRUS
1861-1864
asymmetric, woven with trompe l'oeil drapery, with an arabic inscription reading 'There is no God but God'
61 x 130ins. (155 x 330cms.)

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Compare : Colour Plate 86, Frank Ames, The Kashmir Shawl where another example of this shawl is illustrated.

The designs for this shawl are filed in Album 47XX, 1861-1864, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

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