Sash
Date:
c. 1830
Medium:
Wool yarn, glass beads
Dimensions:
woven area: 9 5/8 x 55 3/4 inches (24.45 x 141.6 cm)
length of one fringe: 28 1/2 inches (72.4 cm)
length of one fringe: 28 1/2 inches (72.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase
Object number:
81.65
The wide sash has long, partially braided fringes. It is woven of wool yarn in stripes of varying width in ochre, red and navy blue. Each stripe has a zigzag pattern worked in white beads. In the central red stripe the zigzag lines overlap to form a lattice or interlace effect.
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