Lot Essay
H Cachemir Pur is the signature of E. F. Hébert, Parisian shawl maker, twice awarded the Croix de la Légion d'Honneur and a regular exhibitor at the Parisian Expositions Universelles
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A LONG SHAWL
FRENCH, 1860-65
Woven with a black field with four circular medallions, each end worked with a double arch with semi-circular motifs, signed with H Cachemir Pur in pseudo-Arabic script--60in. x 144in. (144cm. x 346cm.)
FRENCH, 1860-65
Woven with a black field with four circular medallions, each end worked with a double arch with semi-circular motifs, signed with H Cachemir Pur in pseudo-Arabic script--60in. x 144in. (144cm. x 346cm.)