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Scarf

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1849

GUSN

GUSN-32407

Description

Cream ground; 7" pink border with all-over coral branches with irregular circles filled with stylized branches in green, yellow, red; cnetr has same design with green ground; sparse silk thread knotted fringe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scarves (costume accessories)
block printing (relief printing process)
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
foliation (pattern)
Women's clothing
Cotton
Silk
Transfer Printed
Branch
SHAWL

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1928.1126

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