A fine unusual "Paisley" shawl woven with a black centre, the ends woven with a border of two pairs of cones flanking a flowering shrub, with a gallery of eight smaller cones, infilled with exotic foliage, vegetation and scrolling tendrils, with two "boats" at each end border--146 x 68in. (366 x 170cm.), circa 1840-5

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A fine unusual "Paisley" shawl woven with a black centre, the ends woven with a border of two pairs of cones flanking a flowering shrub, with a gallery of eight smaller cones, infilled with exotic foliage, vegetation and scrolling tendrils, with two "boats" at each end border--146 x 68in. (366 x 170cm.), circa 1840-5
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