Shawl

Object/Artifact

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Shawl

Entry/Object ID

G2002.186

Description

Very large rectangular shawl machine woven of wool or wool and cotton, with large, open black field. 10 narrow butas facing away from center form end borders. Secondary border around 4 sides. Butas in gallery and inner border. Pattern wefts appear to be all wool: Sky blue, green, gold, black, white and red. Clipped floats. Self black fringe. No gates. 64” x 136” ± (5.5’ x 11.5’ ±)

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1835 - 1845

Lexicon

Search Terms

shawl, wool, machine woven, fringe, rectangular