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Shawl

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1825-1835

GUSN

GUSN-49519

Description

Square red wool ground with paisley border - blue, green, white, yellow - 7 1/2" wide; silk warp, wool weft; wool patterning weft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
Shawl
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

54 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.568

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