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Moon shawl (chandar)

about 1800
Object PlaceKashmir, India
Medium/TechniqueCashmere twill tapestry, wool, painted
DimensionsOverall: 178 x 178cm (70 1/16 x 70 1/16in.)
Credit LineGift of Albert Farwell Bemis
Accession number21.1333
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift from Albert Farwell Bemis to the MFA, July 7, 1921
Shawl
about 1840
Shawl
1810–15
Shawl
about 1815
Fragment of shawl
18th century
Shawl
early 19th century
Scarf
about 1820
End of a shawl
late 18th century
Shawl
about 1815
Moon shawl (chandar)
late 18th or early 19th century
Shawl
about 1800