Woman's Mull Shawl

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Woman's Cotton Mull Shawl

Woman's Cotton Mull Shawl

Name/Title

Woman's Mull Shawl

Entry/Object ID

W-Ri-383-7

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; rectangular stole; sheer cotton mull; edged with machine-embroidered scallops; covered with two sizes of embroidered polka dots. Dimensions: 80 1/2-inches long; 18-inches wide; ten-inch dotted band at ends. Good condition - soiled but perfect. Circa 1850. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Width

18 in

Length

80-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 80 1/2-inches long including dotted bands; 18-inches wide; ten-inch dotted band at ends.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wood, Mr. Stacy B. Campion (1934-2012); Mrs. Stacy B. Campion

Provenance

Notes

Donor's husband was Stacy B. Campion Wood (1934-2012): Obituary: LT. STACY B. Campion., JR, USNR, 78, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Hospital of the Univ. of PA. He graduated from Westtown School, tended his family's farm outside Malvern, attended Haverford College, and received his BA from American Univ. He served in the U.S. Navy with the N.S.A. and was awarded the Bronze Star. He left active duty in 1971 became a clockmaker and, in 1976, became director of the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, PA. In his third act, he became an historian and genealogist, traced his lineage to seven of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and was Gov. of the SMDPA from 2001 to 2003. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Susanne; sister Mary LeBaron Valentine Kurtz, brother Cooper, and children, S.B.Campion 'Sam' Wood III (Lisa Trudel), Philippa 'Pippa' Siguenza (Enrique), Joseph Howland Wood (Holly Carrington); eight grand-children, Leon, Natalia, Emilio, Max, and Tomas Siguenza; Elizabeth and Nora Wood, and Harlan Wood. In lieu of flowers, donations to the SMDPA's Education and Classroom Visits program: Treasurer Dorothy Y. Lees, PO Box 123, Wellsville, PA 17365. Visitation will begin at 10:30 A.M. Monday, May 7th with Memorial at 11:30 A.M. at BRINGHURST FUNERAL HOME AT WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 225 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd. Published on Philly.com from May 4 to May 6, 2012