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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-190994

Description

Long cream silk shawl. The background is cream and at each end a third of the shawl has a rose and leaf design. The long edges are not hemmed, but the short edges are hemmed and at the seam is a line of embroidery made of small circles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
silk (textile)
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P874

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 1/16 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1294

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