Sheer black silk shawl with long, rectangular shape. Around all four edges there is a band of thicker black silk that is not as sheer as the single layer of black silk composing the center portion of the shawl. There are no seams on the long edges and seams on the shorter edges in black thread.
shawls
silk (textile)
Shawl
"From East India House W, H. Davis &Co. 373 Boylston Street, Boston, USA. Agents of Liberty &Co., Regent St. London, W." (Box label)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P875
Unknown
31 2/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1295
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
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