Shawl

Deneirouse and Boisglavy

ca. 1849 · Goat fleece, silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The 1849 jury reports for an innovative gold-medal-winning shawl, which virtually describe this textile, suggest that it was woven specially for the Paris Exposition of Agriculture and Industrial Products of that year by the firm of Deneirouse and Boisglavy. Mid-nineteenth-century shawls were mechanically made in Europe but still produced by hand in India. This particular manufacturer had developed the technology to weave in the Indian way on a mechanized loom. The firm exhibited a very similar design in London at the 1851 Great Exhibition.

Artist

Deneirouse and Boisglavy

Date

ca. 1849

Medium

Goat fleece, silk

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1965