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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-13765

Description

Cream silk hand-knitted openwork; center of chevron bands with outer borders of large and small chevron bands; pointed scalloped edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
silk (fiber)
Shawl
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5613

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