Name/Title
Woman's Silk ShawlEntry/Object ID
CW 4593Description
Shawl. Woman's silk shawl; rectangular - long and narrow; black with bright floral border; printed on two ends; woven floral pattern; black silk center section woven black on black floral pattern. Dimensions: 77-inches long; 25 1/2-inches wide; sixteen-inch floral band at ends. Excellent condition. Date Unknown.
This shawl belonged to Mrs. Wood's grandmother, Mrs. Henry Brown of Germantown.
Transcribed from Original Accession Record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Germantown, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDimensions
Width
25-1/2 inLength
77 inDimension Notes
Details: Dimensions: 77-inches long; 25 1/2-inches wide; sixteen-inch floral band at ends.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Brown, Mrs. Henry; Dr. & Mrs Horatio Curtis WoodProvenance
Notes
Owner: Mrs. Henry Brown
"The Wood family tree...has included altogether fourteen respected men of medicine since the eighteenth century. The handing on of the name Horatio Curtis Wood has reached a sort of impasse in various branches; there now being a Dr. Horatio C. Wood Jr. (Pennsylvania '97), a Dr. Horatio C. Wood IV (Haverford '50) and a Mr. Curtis Wood (Yale '54)."
(Source: The Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy, page 109,
By Nathaniel Burt)
