Shawl, attributed to Queen Victoria
Date: ca. 1840–1845
Media: Wool And Silk
Dimensions: 163.8 x 325.1 cm (64 1/2 x 128 in.)
Department: Costume and Textile Arts
Object Type: Costume Accessory
Country: Great Britain
Continent: Europe
Accession Number: 39.7.14
Acquisition Date: 1939-03-17
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Josephine H. Mitchell
Exhibition History:
Dressing for the Eighties, 1982
Kashmir & European Shawls, 1987
Rectangular shawl with blue center, mostly red ground with red tendrils curving into the center.
Old Reg. card stated "Source stated this shawl was purchased from the British museum(supposedly from Queen Victoria's collection)"
de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco