Large embroidered silk manila shawl, China for export, late 19th century Beige silk embroidered with colorful long-tailed birds and butterflies among lotus flowers, peonies and other varieties. Large silk grid bangs. 160 x 160 cm This type of shawl made in Canton takes its name from the city of Manila, capital of the Philippines, which was a Spanish colony from 1565 to 1898. It was from here that shawls were exported to Spain and the port of Seville.