Need Help with Another Antique Shawl

[grandmascloset]

I'm sure this shawl is pretty early, pre Civil War. I'd just like to narrow down the date a bit. It is made of wool. Would it be considered a Kashmir shawl? Thanks again!

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

I cannot tell on the date from the photos, as for me these need closer hand and eye examination. It does appear to be a marriage, and someone took a cut out and did an applique of the paisley, and also the border is cut from another shawl and sewn to this plain black wool fabric square. I would not refer to it as a Kashmir shawl for that reason, but the decorative parts may have come from a true Kashmir shawl/woven item or more likely they were cut from a Scottish loom production of the mid 19th century which was woven to imitate a Kashmir shawl.

 

[grandmascloset]

Thanks Barbara!