Shawl

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Woman's Black Lace Shawl

Woman's Lace Shawl

Name/Title

Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 5259

Description

Shawl. Woman's black lace shawl; triangular; floral pattern; scallopped on all sides; net cut at edges to follow floral pattern. Dimensions: 67-inches along top edge; 38-inches at sides; 18-inches at center back. Fair condition - some loose threads at edges. Circa 1860-1880. 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

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

67 in

Length

38 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 67-inches along top edge; 38-inches at sides; 18-inches at center back.

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Jane Sarah Cushman (1818-1907) 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)