The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Border Fragment of a Shawl
early 1800s
Overall: 33 x 52.7 cm (13 x 20 3/4 in.); Mounted: 20 x 70.5 cm (7 7/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Gift of the Cleveland School of Art 1934.199
Location: Not on view
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The right edge of this textile features a repeating row of wild mulberries and flowers.Description
Green, yellow, red, blue, and white woolen threads were woven to create the instantly recognizable Kashmiri teardrop flower patterns on this shawl border. Such a work was part of a larger textile, which would have entranced the viewer with its complexity and vibrancy, especially as it moved with the wearer and contrasted with other articles of clothing.- 1934–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lévi-Strauss, Monique, and Massimo Listri. The Cashmere shawl. London: Dryad, 1987. p. 25.Ames, Frank. The Kashmir Shawl and Its Indo-French Influence. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. Reproduced: pl. 121, 122.Ames, Frank. Woven Masterpieces of Sikh Heritage: The Stylistic Development of the Kashmir Shawl Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2010. pl. 7 & 8, p. 26-27.
- Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).Nature Supernatural. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).
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