Lot Essay
This shawl belonged to Edith Allyne of San Francisco, whose octagonal house is a national historic landmark. Tony Duquette and his wife Elizabeth acquired it at the Allyne house sale in the 1960s.
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MID 19TH CENTURY
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A KASHMIR JAMAWAR SHAWL
Mid 19th Century
Woven mainly in shades of red wools with elongated boteh and stylized floral pattern around a central rectangle of ivory wool woven in pastel colors with slim curling boteh and flowers, label attached inscribed Edith Allyne, 2609 Gough St.
113 x 55in. (287 x 139cm.)
Mid 19th Century
Woven mainly in shades of red wools with elongated boteh and stylized floral pattern around a central rectangle of ivory wool woven in pastel colors with slim curling boteh and flowers, label attached inscribed Edith Allyne, 2609 Gough St.
113 x 55in. (287 x 139cm.)