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Scarf

Maker Unknown, Albanian

DateLate 1800’s

MediumSilk

Dimensions82 1/2” L x 18 1/4” W

Credit LineGift of Carolynne Whitefeather

Object numberEUR2013.17.WHI

DescriptionLocal silk scarf, created in Elbasan, Albania. Most of the scarf is in natural colored silk with decorative supplementary weft stripes near the two ends. These consist of bands of varying widths in white silk interspersed with red bands with multicolored threads. They are arranged in a group of four red bands and two additional red bands separated and flanked by openwork silk threads near the ends. Three strands of multicolored twisted yarn are integrated among the bands. Silk fringe at the very ends.

ClassificationsCostume / Clothing

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