Kashmir Long Shawl

Description:

Kashmir Long Shawl, North India, c. 1870, featuring a central black four-pointed star inset panel with a field of polychrome elongated and interlacing "boteh" above and below the medallion, 10 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.

Literature: For a similar example please see: Shawls of the East from Kerman to Kashmir, Parviz Nemati, 2003, p. 158.
Estimate $1,500-1,800

missing lappets at one end with wear at the other, small horizontal tear in the center


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