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    "localId": "129346",
    "label": "Shawl with boteh",
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    "id": "129346",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Shawl with boteh",
    "description": "Thousands of luxurious shawls imported from Kashmir, India, were status symbols that European-manufactured imitations could not equal. Those woven in Paisley, Scotland, gave rise to the popular term paisley. Their representation in portraits records the evolution of shawl fashions, which helps to date surviving examples. The coveted quality of Kashmir shawls was achieved with luxurious fine goat hair woven in twill tapestry to form small colorful blossoms. Such shawls are lightweight, supple, and warm. A plethora of blossoms arranged in small vases on stands form the large paisley or <em>boteh</em> motifs, while smaller versions enliven the sides of the field. Such floral displays evolved from blossoming plants possibly in 16th-century India.",
    "date": "1820–1830",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.190",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79910087"
    ],
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        "Textile"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.190/1952.190_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 325 x 136.5 cm (127 15/16 x 53 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "India, Kashmir"
    ],
    "accession": "1952.19"
}

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    "tec": "2/2 twill tapestry weave, double interlocked: wool, possibly pashmina",
    "tombstone": "Shawl with boteh, 1820–1830. India, Kashmir. 2/2 twill tapestry weave, double interlocked: wool, possibly pashmina; overall: 325 x 136.5 cm (127 15/16 x 53 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Arthur Loesser, 1952.190",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 440, fig. 10.30"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.190",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Arthur Loesser",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:40:27.208000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.190/1952.190_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 129346,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "2/2 twill tapestry weave, double interlocked: wool, possibly pashmina",
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    "image_url": null
}

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