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Textile fragments
Textile fragments
Date18th century
Mediuma: Embroidered wool b: Velvet
DimensionsOverall (velvet): 9 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (23.5 × 8.9 cm) Overall (embroidery): 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm) Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.12a-b
Not on view
Descriptiona: Shawl embroidery b: Velvet pile, cut (warp) and uncut (weft)

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "12. a. SHAWL EMBROIDERY. / b. VELVET, cut pile (warp threads); silk / and metal (weft threads). / PERSIAN, XVIII Century."
Velvet fragment
Date: before 1927
Medium: Velvet
Object number: S2024.5.31
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.6.9a-e
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.1a-c
Textile fragment
Date: 1800
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.15
Indian Embroidery Kutsch
Date: 19th century
Medium: Embroidered wool on linen
Object number: S2024.5.6
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.10a-d
Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Scottish
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.34
Altar cloth fragment
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Embroidered linen
Object number: S2024.5.33
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.6a-d
Assorted textile fragments
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Embroidery and hand woven ribbon
Object number: S2024.5.21a-e
Textile fragment
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.3
Textile fragment
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.4