Woman's Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Shawl

Entry/Object ID

Gill-273-Q (a)

Description

Shawl. Woman's Quaker shawl; tan-gray; silk; plain 1/2 - inch hem. Worn by the donor's great grandmother, Rebecca (Harrold) Gillingham, wife of Joseph Gillingham. Excellent condition. Circa 1810. 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

Mrs. Lansing C. Holden Jr.

Provenance

Notes

Worn by the donor's great grandmother, Rebecca (Harrold) Gillingham, wife of Joseph Gillingham.