"There are tulips, roses, carnations, irises, hydrangea, and they form this sort of dense garden that weaves in and out of the paisley shapes."
Curator Melinda Watt on a technologically advanced French shawl.
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This shawl, thought to be hand-woven in India, was actually produced in France
"There are tulips, roses, carnations, irises, hydrangea, and they form this sort of dense garden that weaves in and out of the paisley shapes."
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Manufactory probably Deneirouse and Boisglavy
ca. 1849