20th century
Large shawl made from a triangle of black velvet with a pressed design of stylised flowers and leaves. The shawl is lined with a black cotton material that has the same design of flower and leaves pressed into it suggesting the floral motifs were worked after the shawl had been made.
TRC 2016.0523f
Shawl
Textile Research Centre
Silk cotton
Factory woven (velvet plain weave) pressed velvet factory produced fringing