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Shawl

Title	Shawl
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1914
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Clothing Embroidery Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Weight: 1.13kg, Length: 85.25in, Length: 216.5cm, Width: 43.5in, Width: 110.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.3-1968
Record ID	T.3-1968
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1914
Notes	Shawl of machine bobbin net cotton embroidered with silver, Egypt, ca. 1914
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Machine bobbin net cotton embroidered with silver
Fiziksel açıklama	Shawl of machine bobbin net in coarse white cotton embroidered with flat silver metal strips. The strip is twisted round the meshes of the net in tiny pieces each covering only two meshes. The pattern is arranged in horizontal stripes apart from a large solidly worked diamond in the centre. Working in from the two ends, the horizontal stripes contain stylised representations of triangles, camels, trees, houses, bushes and people.

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Shawl

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1914

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Clothing Embroidery Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Weight: 1.13kg, Length: 85.25in, Length: 216.5cm, Width: 43.5in, Width: 110.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.3-1968

Record ID T.3-1968

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1914

Notes Shawl of machine bobbin net cotton embroidered with silver, Egypt, ca. 1914

Malzemeler ve teknikler Machine bobbin net cotton embroidered with silver

Fiziksel açıklama Shawl of machine bobbin net in coarse white cotton embroidered with flat silver metal strips. The strip is twisted round the meshes of the net in tiny pieces each covering only two meshes. The pattern is arranged in horizontal stripes apart from a large solidly worked diamond in the centre. Working in from the two ends, the horizontal stripes contain stylised representations of triangles, camels, trees, houses, bushes and people.