Woman's shawl, woven in wool and silk, in gauze or leno weave with crossing stripes, printed with a detailed design derived from Indian and Middle Eastern motifs, predominantly in brown, red, purple and green, including repeating palm tree motifs and long buta cones at each end: British, Edinburgh or Paisley, c. 1845 - 1855

Plaid sized woollen shawl for a woman, predominantly a dull red, with a large cone design in pointed arches: probably Scottish, Renfrewshire, Paisley, c. 1850 - 1860

Cream silk fringed shawl embroidered in coloured silks and showing a design of birds and flowers: Chinese, 19th century

Black goat's fleece shawl embroidered in coloured silks: Lahore, about 1840

Cream goat's fleece shawl embroidered with coloured silks in different stitches and showing two deep floral borders and two narrow bordes: Indian, Lahore, about 1850

Square cream goat's fleece shawl embroidered with cream floss silk in different stitches and showing a narrow floral border along all four sides: Indian, Kashmir, about 1870

Square red goat's fleece shawl embroidered with fine coloured wools in different stitches and showing an elaborate design of cones: Indian, Kashmir, about 1860

Woman's shawl of grey woollen twill embroidered in coloured silks with a wide 'pine cone' border at ends and a narrow border at sides: Indian, probably Delhi, 1800 - 1850

Woman's shawl of grey woollen twill embroidered in coloured wools with a wide 'pine cone' border at ends and a narrow border at sides: Indian, Punjab, 1800 - 1850

Woman's fringed shawl of cream-coloured cashmere wool, with a deep border of cones at each end, and a narrow enclosing border of floral motifs: Scottish, Paisley, probably about 1830

Shawl for a married woman, printed cotton with embroidered border: India, Gujarat, Kutch, Kanebi, c. 1960

Black wool shawl embroidered in coloured floss silks in different stitches and showing a design of deep floral cone borders set within a floral background: Indian (Bangladesh), possibly Dhaka, c. 1840 - 1850

Black wool shawl embroidered in coloured floss silks in different stitches and showing a design of deep borders of beribboned floral cones: North West Indian, c. 1840 - 1850

Part of a white cotton shawl, dyed red and printed in different colours and showing a central field of exotic flowers, a band of wings around rosettes with an end panel of flowers in triangular compartments: Scottish, about 1849

Part of a white cotton damask shawl, dyed red and printed in different colours and showing a pattern of a vine on a trellis with printed borders of flowers, foliage, cone motifs and ornament: Scottish, c.1847

Sample of wool printed with a multi-coloured design consisting of four stripes and a number 6 or 9, design is for a shawl border, in red, pink, green and yellow with brown and black outlining on a white ground, probably a test print: Scottish, probably Paisley, c. 1840 - 1850