Cream wool; very fine; lacy; striped - band of loose openwork alternates with band of tighter knit; edge (pinned) and pointed all around (points from being blocked into shape).
shawls
wool (hair)
Shawl
Shawl
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6678
Title SHAWL Accession Number 1969.6686
Title SHAWL Accession Number 1969.6693
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