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Shawl of Joined Fragments
Shawl
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Through the eighteenth century, the ever popular flowering plants of the Shah Jahan period transformed into pinecone-shaped clusters of buds emanating from roots of stylized leaves. Here, the motif, called a bota, lines the edge panel of a shawl.
[ Frank Ames, New York, until 1992; sold to Wolf]; Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf, New York (1992–98)
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