Shawl of woven wool and silk, possibly woven by McWilliam, possibly in Paisley, Scotland, 1840-1845. Shawl of woven wool and silk. With a paisley pattern of organic and Islamic forms decorating the border and with a red ground. Pink silk warp and red wors

Shawl of woven wool and silk, possibly woven by McWilliam, possibly in Paisley, Scotland, 1840-1845. Shawl of woven wool and silk. With a paisley pattern of organic and Islamic forms decorating the border and with a red ground. Pink silk warp and red worsted west, and 2/1 twill. The ground continues at the ends, and with an elaborate upside-down cresting in blue, green, white and pink running the width of the shawl between green selvedges. Warp fringe, not knotted, just twisted in groups. The 35 inch border (38 inches plus the guardstripe) invades the plain centre, and the thin invasion ornament continues round the sides of the shawl. There is a thin spray of shawl-flowers in each corner. The border contains three pairs of addorsed cones with outlines breaking over a continuous pattern beneath, and only the colour of the ground within the cone changes. A continuous guardstripe, without corner pieces, runs round the whole shawl. The corner is neatly contrived. Maroon wool, pink, blue and green cotton, and white silk. Bound in 3/1 twill.  Woven wool and silk.