Woman's Gauze Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Woman's Gauze Shawl

Name/Title

Woman's Gauze Shawl

Entry/Object ID

EY-200-7

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl or scarf; square of tan gauze with self-fringe. Tropical leaf and floral design in soft green and wines; small print in center field. Dimensions: 40 1/2-inches square including self-fringe; 2 1/4-inch self-fringe on four sides. Poor condition - holes; fragile and soiled. No date given. Worn by Sarah Van Dycke (Mrs. Davis Bevan Stacey) 1808-1873. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Width

40-1/2 in

Length

40-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 40 1/2-inches square including self-fringe; 2 1/4-inch self-fringe on four sides.

Material

Gauze

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Eyre, M. Laurence; Sarah Van Dycke, and Mrs. Davis Bevan Stacey (1808-1873)

Provenance

Notes

Worn by the donor's ancestor, Sarah Van Dycke (Mrs. Davis Bevan Stacey) 1808-1873. Ancestry.com: Name: Sarah Stacey Birth Date: 1808 Birth Place: Flushing, Vlissingen Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands Death Date: 30 Aug 1873 Death Place: Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA Cemetery: Chester Rural Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse: Davis Bevan Stacey