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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-13732

Description

Cream wool; fine, soft wool; light weight; lacy pattern of chevrons alternating with band of open floral motif; border of interlocking hexagonal shapes; rounded at corners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
wool (hair)
Shawl
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6715

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