Long Shawl

Title	Long Shawl
Artist	France or Scotland
Date	1850/55 19th century
Medium	Wool and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 1:3 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; "Harlequin" tabs of wool, silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; knotted warp fringet; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
Classification	textile
Origin	Scotland Scotland
Holding institution	Art Institute of Chicago
Credit line	Gift of Virginia Pond
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

About this artwork

“Long Shawl” is a work by France or Scotland, dated 1850/55. It is executed in wool and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 1:3 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; "harlequin" tabs of wool, silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings; knotted warp fringet; woven on loom with jacquard attachment and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).