Paisley Piano Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Woman's Woolen Shawl

Name/Title

Paisley Piano Shawl

Entry/Object ID

64-102

Description

Shawl. Paisley shawl; red; light-weight wool shawl with wide paisley printed border on three sides. Shawl was originally a piano cover and was cut-down to be a rectangular shawl. Components of shawl were cut and pieced together; green band hand-sewn on three sides; one side hand-hemmed. Dimensions including paisley band: 54-inches long; 28-inches wide; seven-inch paisley band. Fair condition moth holes in wool. Unknown date. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Width

28 in

Length

54 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions including paisley band: 54-inches long; 28-inches wide; seven-inch paisley band.

Material

Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Linnard, Margaretta Miles (1889-1967)

Provenance

Notes

Margaretta Miles Linnard lived in Philadelphia from 1889 to 1967; buried West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, PA.