Square; red wool and self-fringe; inner paisley border in red, blue, yellow and green; geometric polychrome floral border on white ground enclosed by two narrow geometric borders with black, red, green and orange squares; borders are handstitched to red center; no corner motifs.
shawls
wool (hair)
Shawl
Shawl
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
54 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5450
Title SHAWL Accession Number 1969.5627
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