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Is “Shawl” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Shawl” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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It is catalogued from the open collection of Smithsonian Open Access and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Can I use “Shawl” commercially for free?

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Shawl
Date	1850–1875 19th century
Medium	Medium: wool Technique: embroidered on twill weave foundation Label: wool embroidery on wool twill weave, pieced together
Classification	embroidery & stitching
Origin	Kashmir, India Kashmir
Holding institution	Smithsonian Open Access
Credit line	Gift of Marian Hague
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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