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shawl
c. 1825
The deep phala patterned border at each end has seven buta shapes each with a symmetrical floral design with the phalia infilled around the buta shapes with stylised flowers. This is called the jhal. ...
shawl
c 1820
An oblong cream shawl with wide borders at the shorter ends, featuring a repeat butah design. There are also narrow floral and foliate borders around all 4 edges. The fabric is twill woven using fi...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven Moon shawl composed of a central medalion and a quarter medallions at each corner. The whole field is twill/tapestry woven with small repeating geometric shapes in blue on a cream ground. ...
moon shawl (Chandar)
c. 1830
Complete shawl in interlocking twill tapestry. Dense floral patterned quarter (corner) medallions and central medallion. Hashia (outside border) of running ornament. One set of borders which have b...
shawl
early 19th Century
This shawl is twill tapestry woven. It is of a design known as a chand-dar or 'moon shawl' which has a central circular design (moon) and a quarter circle in each corner. Inside the circles and quad...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with an all over design composed of a central medalion and quarter medallions in each corner. A decorative border surrounds the whole design. The central field of the shawl has a re...
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woven cloth
before 2000
This long piece of narrow cloth appears to be a repeat of three identical sections connected by unused warp threads. It would suggest that the three sections woven on the same warp are intended to fun...
woven textile
before 2000
A hand woven piece in yellow, brown, green and natural, with a weft stripe and small geometric designs of triangles and diamonds. The short edges have warp fringing. The single warp is natural colo...
shawl
c. 1815
A large oblong cream shawl, or shoulder mantle, with wide borders at the shorter ends which feature a repeat buta design. There are also narrow floral and foliate borders around all 4 edges. The ...
shawl
c. 1830
Long shawl with a large patterned border (phala) along each end comprising of eight buta shapes with a narrow patterned border (tanjir) on either side. The sides have a narrow patterned border (hashiy...
shawl
1870-1879
Large square shawl colourfully twill woven with an all over repeating swirling buta design and a similar stylised border surrounds the central design. The shawl design is formed from many loom woven m...
moon shawl (Chandar)
c. 1825
A medium sized shawl, pieced together from 2 sections of fabric. It has an overall repeat design of small botehs (usually found as a decorative element of a long shawl's dhor). The boteh patterns, w...