Woven Wall Hanging. Dimensions: Textile: L. 72 in. (182.9 cm)W. 51 3/4 in. (131.4 cm). Date: ca. 1820-30.Kashmir was famous for its beautiful woven shawls made of the fine goat's wool called pashmina, woven in the distinctive double-interlocking tapestry weave style. Hangings, cushion covers, and some articles of clothing were also made in this technique, in which the piece was woven with bobbins or spools, with the weft colors inserted as required by the pattern, interlocking where two adjoining colors meet. Floral motifs were the most common decoration on the Kashmiri woven textiles, the most distinctive being the bota, a conelike design of a flower or shrub with a curving tip. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Woven Wall Hanging. Dimensions: Textile: L. 72 in. (182.9 cm)W. 51 3/4 in. (131.4 cm). Date: ca. 1820-30.Kashmir was famous for its beautiful woven shawls made of the fine goat's wool called pashmina, woven in the distinctive double-interlocking tapestry weave style. Hangings, cushion covers, and some articles of clothing were also made in this technique, in which the piece was woven with bobbins or spools, with the weft colors inserted as required by the pattern, interlocking where two adjoining colors meet. Floral motifs were the most common decoration on the Kashmiri woven textiles, the most distinctive being the bota, a conelike design of a flower or shrub with a curving tip. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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