Name/Title
Woman's Paisley ShawlEntry/Object ID
CW 1309Description
Shawl. Woman's Paisley wool shawl; rectangular; binding edge is green; large paisley patterns around sides; ends of shawl have fringe and a small border of different color blocks, center of shawl is off-white, two sections for the center, paisley colors are blue, white, gold, olive green, maroon red, and black/brown. Dimensions: 52-inches wide; 115-inches long. Poor condition - many large moth holes. Date Unknown.
This shawl belonged to Mrs. Wood's grandmother, Mrs. Henry Brown of Germantown.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Germantown, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDimensions
Width
52 inLength
115 inDimension Notes
Details: Dimensions: 52-inches wide; 115-inches long, including fringe.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Brown, Mrs. Henry; and Mrs H. Curtis WoodProvenance
Notes
From Mrs. H. Curtis Wood
"Woodleigh"
Whitemarsh, PA
This shawl and quilt (quilt unknown) belonged to Mrs. Wood's grandmother, Mrs. Henry Brown of Germantown.
"The Wood family tree...has included altogether fourteen respected men of medicine since the eighteenth century. The handing on of the name Horatio Curtis Wood has reached a sort of impasse in various branches; there now being a Dr. Horatio C. Wood Jr. (Pennsylvania '97), a Dr. Horatio C. Wood IV (Haverford '50) and a Mr. Curtis Wood (Yale '54)."
(Source: The Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy, page 109,
By Nathaniel Burt)
