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Square silver silk shawl with fringe on two sides. The silk is shiny and has a visible weave. The fringe has a decorative knotting that forms two rows of interconnected diamonds and the fringe extends from the bottom row of knots. The back of the shawl is still silver.
shawls
silk (fiber)
Shawl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P934
Unknown
56 12/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1354
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