Woman's Shawl

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Woman's Net Shawl

Woman's Net Shawl

Name/Title

Woman's Shawl

Entry/Object ID

50W

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; triangular; off-white sheer net. Shawl was originally 67 1/2-inches square but was folded over and sewn to make a triangular shawl; two-inch hem on all sides of original shawl. Dimensions: 93-inches across top of triangular shawl; 48-inches from center top to bottom of triangle. Good Condition - square shawl was modified to be triangular. Circa 1860. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

48 in

Length

93 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 93-inches across top of triangular shawl; 48-inches from center top to bottom of triangle.

Material

Net

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Groff, Miss Ida Bates

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Groff Collection.