# Long Stole

- By: French
- Date: 1795-1810
- Medium: Cotton, plain weave foundation; embroidered with cotton thread in stem and satin stitches and French knots
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 295.9 × 94 cm (116 1/2 × 37 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Belle M. Borland Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/248722)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e412f35-c8bc-b900-0ff2-35b76834e339/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In addition to fine cashmere wool shawls, other materials were used to create shawls and stoles inspired by the elegant Kashmir shawl. Here, ethereal Indian muslin is embroidered with roses that sway like their Kashmir buta (paisley) counterparts.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0