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Shawl

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-11457

Description

Square shawl with a red center and a wide inner paisley patterned border with large cones at the corners in shades of green, blue and purple. The narrow inner border has leaf pattern in the same palette. Red fringe on two ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
jacquard
weaving
wool (textile)
paisley
Shawl
Wool
Jacquard
Woven
Paisley
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Scotland

Dimensions

56 x 56.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.679

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