Trim (border of a shawl) of hand-woven wool with fine, delicate embroidery

Title
Trim (border of a shawl) of hand-woven wool with fine, delicate embroidery
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Donor
Guild, Hulda E.
Description
Trim (border of a shawl) of hand-woven wool with fine, delicate embroidery; small pieces of woven cashmere in mustard yellow, red-orange, pale blue, black, and dark red have fine embroidered plant designs set within decorative archways (prayer-niche) grouped in threes with floral and cone motifs in between on black ground; each small needle-worked piece is separate, and expertly sewn together by hand.
Motif
Prayer-niche Cone Plant Floral
Work Type
trimming (material)
Location
India
Date
1701/1800
Identifier
1953.006.001
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cashmere
Technique
Fine embroidery Needle-work Hand-sewn Hand-spun
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University