Name/Title
Woman's ShawlEntry/Object ID
CW 382.7Description
Shawl. Woman's square dress shawl of soft ecru silk; band of black thread lace over ashes-of-roses silk; black silk fringe hand tied into the material on four sides. Decorative band in corners of two sides designed to show when shawl is folded into a triangle. Spanish-style. Dimensions: 59-inches square; 73-inches square including fringe; 7-inch single-knot fringe on four sides; 4-inch decorative band of black lace over silk. Poor condition - holes; badly stained and worn; fringe is missing from a 24-inch section. Circa 1860.
Probably owned by Mrs. Judge Allen.
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Mrs. Norman MellorProvenance
Notes
Given by Mrs. Norman Mellor (nee Elizabeth MacFarlane); probably used by Mrs. Judge Allen.
