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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1835-1845

GUSN

GUSN-28608

Description

Black sheer silk gauze/leno weave; square; denser white silk stripe at edges; one white silk floral corner motif; applied black silk fringe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
silk (fiber)
Shawl
Shawl

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1919.41

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