Shawl
Title
Shawl
Description
One silk textile of shawl length with multi-colored geometrical designs on one end. The main part of the textile has 4 continuous bands in pale green hot pink purple and orange. The outermost 2 bands are 4.75" wide the 2 inner ones 4.5" each. At one end is a patterned border 14" wide with alternating large and small stepped diamond motifs in the 4 colors note above and pale and dark blue and white. The 4 main colors continue through to form the warp (vertical or longitudinal thread) in the patterned border producing a "shot" effect when interwoven with the weft (horizontal) yarn. Hand-made on a simple back-strap loom. Donor's father collected a number of textiles while stationed in the Philippines as an Army officer c. 1900-1917 (before 1917).
Identifier
1987.005.004