Shawl with Genre Scenes

1875-1899

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Title: Shawl with Genre Scenes
Date Created: 1875-1899
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 356.6 x 168.9 cm (140 3/8 x 66 1/2 in.)
Provenance: reportedly given to Empress Eugenie, who donated the shawl to a Charity Bazaar in Paris during the Franco Prussian war. Purchased from the Charity Bazaar by The Higbee Company.
Type: Textile
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.627
Medium: woven silk
Inscriptions: signed: "CHANSEAU."
Department: Textiles
Culture: France, Paris or Lyon, 3rd quarter 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of William T. Higbee
Collection: Textiles
Accession Number: 1928.627

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