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1845-1860
GUSN-73782
Black center; predominantly red with green, pink, orange and blue; large, elongated paisley motif with smaller paisleys throughout; woven; patchwork border embroidered with stylized flowers and scallop; borders are handstitched to center.
shawls
wool (textile)
Shawl
Shawl
Embroidered on black center & paisley ground: [string of letters in foreign, probably Indian, language].
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
57 1/2 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6202
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