Shawl

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Woman's Black Silk Shawl

Woman's Black Silk Shawl

Name/Title

Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 5126

Description

Shawl. Woman's black silk shawl; triangular - V-shaped; brown embroidery over black silk; beaded tassels around neck - mostly gone. Tassels seem to have been removed from bottom and shoulder edges. Dimensions including tassels: twenty-inches from tasseled neck to bottom center back; 66-inches wide along top. Poor condition - tassels are missing; holes in silk. Unknown date. No accession record found.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

unknown

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Width

66 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions including tassels: twenty-inches from tasseled neck to bottom center back; 66-inches wide along top.