Woman's Quaker Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Quaker Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 3407

Description

Shawl. Woman's Quaker-style shawl; large rectangular; light brown silk; twill weave; two fringed edges. No condition given; No date given. Note pinned to shawl: "Great Grandmother Shotwell's shawl (GCJ)" Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Johnson, George Clarence (1881-1965)

Provenance

Notes

Owner: "Great Grandmother Shotwell's shawl (GCJ)" Note pinned to shawl: "Great Grandmother Shotwell's shawl (GCJ)" Donor's husband - Information from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display_projects.cfm/49382 . "George Clarence Johnson; Born: 9/20/1881, Died: 10/5/1965. George C. Johnson attended Friends Central School and Drexel Institute. He worked for Horace Trumbauer for some 25 years; there he was in charge of supervising details, specifications and the superintendence of projects. From 1937 to 1939 Johnson served as assistant architect with the Pennsylvania State General State Authority." Johnson was a member of the T-Square Club and joined the AIA in 1945, reaching emeritus status in 1962."