Woman's Paisley Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Paisley Shawl

Entry/Object ID

66-122

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; Long rectangular India paisley shawl; cashmere; solid green section in center; trimmed with woven paisley design at ends in reds and blues and squares of different colors - green, white, red, yellow; three-inch wide five-color strip including 1/2-inch self-fringe basted on; machine selvage on long sides. Dimensions including end panels: 84-inches long; fifteen-inches wide. Poor condition - bad moth damage (1987); unstable. No date given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

India

Dimensions

Width

15 in

Length

84 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions including end panels: 84-inches long; fifteen-inches wide.

Material

Cashmere

Relationships

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Notes

Additional Place of Origin

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Miss Edith Markoe Bache. Donated 1966, catalogued 1971.