Shawl

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Woman's Black Lace Shawl

Name/Title

Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 5257

Description

Shawl. Woman's black lace shawl; long narrow; semi-circular; ribbon edging at top; three rows of ribbon around bottom and at neck; four-inch lace ruffle at bottom. Dimensions: 70-inches long; 20-inches from center top to center bottom. Poor condition - holes. Circa mid 19th century. Shawl belonged to the donor's grandmother: Mrs. Thomas Albert Newhall (1817-1907) (nee Jane Sarah Cushman) of Germantown. Transcribed from Original Accession Record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1860

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Length

70 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 70-inches long; 20-inches from center top to center bottom.

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Jane Sarah Cushman (1817-1907) Shawl belonged to the donor's grandmother: Mrs. Thomas Albert Newhall (1817-1907) (nee Jane Sarah Cushman) of Germantown. The donor, Mrs. James Kent Stoddard (1888-1987), was Frances Bernon Clark of Chestnut Hill. Her parents were Edward Walter Clark (1857-1946) & Lydia Jane Newhall (1858-1936). Lydia Newhall's parents were Thomas Albert Newhall (1815-1842) & Jane Sarah Cushman (1817-1907). Mrs. Stoddard is a first cousin of Joseph Sill Clark & Mary Todhunter Rockefeller, first wife of Nelson Rockefeller. (Source: Accession record)