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1830-1850
GUSN-10671
Square shawl with red center woven in green, yellow, blue, pink and beige wool. A wide inner border shows shaped reserves with cones, palmettes, and paisley motifs on red, yellow or green ground (ground color matched to motif), enclosed by a narrow outer border patterned with floral devices and fringe at two ends.
shawls
wool (textile)
weaving
floral patterns
paisley
Shawl
Wool
Floral
Paisley
Woven
Shawl
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
72 x 72 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.563
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