Details
An unusual shawl woven with gilt metal threads, the mushroom brown centre invaded by foliage and cones, the ends woven with four large-scale cones densely infilled with vegetation, with canvas tag inscribed "25629 688"--66 x 148in. (165 x 370cm.), circa 1840-5
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Provenance
Said to have belonged to Princess Anna of Prussia, Langravine of Hesse (1836-1918).
Josef Berger exhibited in the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition, what was called "A highly creditable collection" of long shawls and square Kashmir shawls worked with gold thread.
Nourtier, a Parisian shawl manufacturer, also used metal thread during this period, exhibiting such examples in 1845. After 1851-2, he signed his shawls with an "N".
Duché also exhibited similar shawls in 1849 and 1851.
However, stylistically dating the shawl, the most likely manufacturer's would seem to be Berger or Nourtier.
Josef Berger exhibited in the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition, what was called "A highly creditable collection" of long shawls and square Kashmir shawls worked with gold thread.
Nourtier, a Parisian shawl manufacturer, also used metal thread during this period, exhibiting such examples in 1845. After 1851-2, he signed his shawls with an "N".
Duché also exhibited similar shawls in 1849 and 1851.
However, stylistically dating the shawl, the most likely manufacturer's would seem to be Berger or Nourtier.