Large rectangular pomegranate silk shawl with purple printed design. Both ends of the shawl have an identical printed design. The design consists of five large interconnected diamonds with large flowers inside the diamonds. These diamonds rest on a ground framed by four triangular points with the points graduating upwards into the voids created by the diamond shapes. Both ends are finished with cream thread while the long sides have selvage edges.
shawls
silk (fiber)
Shawl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P924
Unknown
39 6/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1344
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