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Shawl
The warm and colourful shawls that the British East India Company brought back from Kashmir were in high demand in Great Britain. Not everyone, however, could afford such luxurious imported items. This soon led weavers in England and Scotland to imitate them successfully. The method used in Europe differed from that in Kashmir; the reverse side of a shawl often gives away whether it is an original…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- twill
- Twill weave
- Scarf
Medium
- Gift of Jonkvrouw C.I. Six, 's-Graveland
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- twill
- Twill weave
- Scarf
Medium
- Gift of Jonkvrouw C.I. Six, 's-Graveland
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1815 - c.1825
Place-Time
- first quarter 19th century
Places
- Paisley
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.66132
- Paisley
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.28269
- BK-1978-303
Extent
- length 268 cm
- width 126 cm
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: accessories
- collectie: accessoires
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:40:10.210Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:06:37.367Z