Woven shawl, 20th c.

Woven shawl, 1930’s, I-Sant’Antioco CA, Sardinia, Scuola Italo Diana. Private property (MS Inventory 32).

Sea silk, woven, at three sides of the rim nine Templar or paw crosses, long fringes on three sides, ca 90 x 50 cm (estimated), damaged parts at upper left side.

Detail: The shawl has some sea silk threads attached. To repair any damage? Was the shawl never worn?

This shawl was first shown to the public in May 2019 at the exhibition Italo Diana: Ordito e Trama di un’arte antica in the Museo Archeologico Ferruccio Barreca in Sant’Antioco. More about it in the chapter Historical aspects → 20th century and → 2000-2020.