Corner piece from a woollen shawl

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This is a corner medallion of woollen shawl made around the 1830s by Gibb and MacDonald of Edinburgh.

The oval cone of this design is filled with flowers and surrounded by flowers and ribbon-like strips. Motifs like this, with two straight sides, were applied to the corners of shawls which had plain coloured centres. Shawls like this are often called Paisley shawls, although strictly speaking this name should only be used for shawls actually made in Paisley.

Shawl-making started first in Edinburgh in the 1790s. Gibb and MacDonald were producing shawls of high quality from 1804 to 1836.

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• Online ID: 000-100-049-432-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1994.21
• Date: Around 1830s
  c. 1830 - 1840
  
• Material: Black wool ground with cone pattern in gold, red, dark green, sea green, mid blue, mauve, pink and white attached to remains of a maroon shawl
  ICOM Number: F 2.1
  Shawl piece
  
• Dimensions: 350 mm L x 340 mm W
  
• What: ICOM Number: F 2.1
  Shawl piece
  
• Subject: European Costume : female costume : outerwear
  
• Who: Gibb and Macdonald, Edinburgh (Maker)
  
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• Description: Corner medallion for a shawl with a cone design, the centre gold with flowers: British, Edinburgh, Gibb and Macdonald, about 1830 - 1840
  
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