Large cream cashmere shawl with self-fringe and fine herringbone weave.
shawls
cashmere (wool)
Shawl
Shawl
Embroidered in purple near fringe: ""00067 16 C(?) [symbol looks like a swastika - traditional Indian symbol for good luck]""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5451
Title SHAWL Accession Number 1980.116
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