Woman's Shawl

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Woman's Silk Chiffon Shawl: WioWoman's Lace Shawl
Woman's Silk Chiffon Shawl

WioWoman's Lace Shawl

Name/Title

Woman's Shawl

Entry/Object ID

W-Ri-384-7

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; nearly square; off-white fine embossed grenadine (silk chiffon); seven-inch woven leaf design around four sides; edged with solid border; four-inch knotted self-fringe. Dimensions: 43-inches by 42-inches-inches including fringe; one-inch satin band on four sides. Poor condition - large holes; badly stained in fold. Circa 1850. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Width

42 in

Length

43 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 36-inches square without fringe; 43-inches by 42-inches-inches including fringe; one-inch satin band on four sides.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wood, Mrs. Stacy B. Campion

Provenance

Notes

Donor's husband was Stacy B. Campion Wood (1934-2012): Obituary: LT. STACY B. Campion., JR, USNR, 78, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Hospital of the Univ. of PA. He graduated from Westtown School, tended his family's farm outside Malvern, attended Haverford College, and received his BA from American Univ. He served in the U.S. Navy with the N.S.A. and was awarded the Bronze Star. He left active duty in 1971 became a clockmaker and, in 1976, became director of the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, PA. In his third act, he became an historian and genealogist, traced his lineage to seven of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and was Gov. of the SMDPA from 2001 to 2003. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Susanne; sister Mary LeBaron Valentine Kurtz, brother Cooper, and children, S.B.Campion 'Sam' Wood III (Lisa Trudel), Philippa 'Pippa' Siguenza (Enrique), Joseph Howland Wood (Holly Carrington); eight grand-children, Leon, Natalia, Emilio, Max, and Tomas Siguenza; Elizabeth and Nora Wood, and Harlan Wood. In lieu of flowers, donations to the SMDPA's Education and Classroom Visits program: Treasurer Dorothy Y. Lees, PO Box 123, Wellsville, PA 17365. Visitation will begin at 10:30 A.M. Monday, May 7th with Memorial at 11:30 A.M. at BRINGHURST FUNERAL HOME AT WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 225 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd. Published on Philly.com from May 4 to May 6, 2012