“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 from 1849.
Looming Change
Melinda Watt
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Contributors
Melinda Watt
Curator
Curator
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Art Mentioned
Manufactory probably Deneirouse and Boisglavy
ca. 1849
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