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Shawl, Detva, Slovakia, 1900-1920
Shawl
Shawl, Detva, Slovakia, 1900-1920
Shawl, Detva, Slovakia, 1900-1920
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Shawl

Object number2021.079.0008
Date1900-1929
Mediumtextile
DimensionsOther: 15 × 93.5 in. (38.1 × 237.5 cm)
DescriptionPart of a Slovak kroj, a black shawl that is largely unembellished. A roughly eighteen inch section at either end is covered with multi-colored floral embroidery. The border flowers are accented with cut work. The border itself is all cut work in the form of double rows finished in different colors that change as they move around the scallops they create.
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1900-1929
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1945-1963
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1940s
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1945-1963
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1920-1939