Rectangular sheer beige silk crepe shawl with long fringe. The body of the shawl is plain and the seams around all four edges are decorative with interconnected tiny holes. The two short ends have long beige fringe that extends from three decorative rows of knots.
shawls
silk (textile)
crepe (textile)
Shawl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P955
Unknown
83 14/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1375
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