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Title: Square shawl with white field and border with ribbon-bow corner motif in blue
Identifier: hdrx_b01s01_sh002
Description: Square shawl with white field; border with ribbon-bow corner motif in blue; hand weaving; twill tapestry weave; warp of wool; weft of wool. Originally made in India; worn by Eliza (Betsey) Clarke; worn in America.
Rights: These images and this information from the Rexford Costume Research Archive are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Date: 1790-1810
Medium: hand weaving; twill tapestry weave; warp of wool; weft of wool
Extent: 50" x 54"
Provenance: Owned by Miss Eliza (Betsey) Clarke, died Oct 4, 1810, sister of Rev. John Clarke of First Church, Boston; her mother a sister of Timothy Pickering in Washington's cabinet. "Said to be the first one imported to U.S. and cost $60."
Spatial Coverage: Asia , India
Is Referenced By: information from the Nancy Rexford Research Archive, box 1, section 01, card 02
Cultural Context: Asian , South Asian , Indian
Inscription: E Clarke [embroidered on shawl below corner motif]
Repository Name: Peabody Essex Museum
Alternative ID: EI 109,680
Main Color: white
Warp Material: wool
Weft Material: wool
Material: wool , wool , twill tapestry
Technique: hand weaving
Shawl Shape: square
Shawl Border Detail: ribbon-bow corner motif in blue
Gender: female

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