- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Moravian scarf or shawl of white cotton
- Cultural groups
- Czech
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1900-1995
- Date collected
- 1900 - 1935 APPROX
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1995
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Lace Textile, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Process Needle-Lace
- Dimensions
- Width 940 mm, Length 960 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1995.11.4
- Research and responses
References for similar material: Ludv'ikov'a, Miroslava: Moravsk'a Lidov'a V'ysivka,(Moravian Folk Embroidery), 1986 (Bod: M89.B00594) p114/115 fig 125 a,b,c.
Stankova, Jitka: Ludov'e umen'i z Moravya, Czech, Slezska (Folk Art of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia), 1987 (Bod: M.90.D02077) p75 fig 116; p96 fig 152,'Plena, okoli Chotesova, jemne bavlenene platno, cern'e, hedvabe' -Shawl from Chotesova, a square of soft cotton fabric with black silk. 19th Century.
Ref: Vaclavik, Antonin: Textile Folk Art, (Mus. Mankind: qKVL[vac-]L58827), plate 5, Shawl from Chotesov, near Plzen, beginning 19th century, virtually idenctical.
1995.11.4
Moravian scarf or shawl of white cotton
1995.11.4
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