Woman's Silk Shawl

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

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Woman's Silk Shawl

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Name/Title

Woman's Silk Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 4084

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; Plain; large square; black silk; black thread floral satin-stitch around edge in two corners; trailing flowers around edge; knotted fringe; initials "L I S" hand-embroidered in one corner; Spanish-style. Dimensions: 80-inches long; 77-inches wide with fringe; fringe is 9-inches long including two-inch knotted band. Very poor condition; fragile; tears at center. Circa 1850. Shawl belonged to the donor's mother, Miss Elizabeth Piersoll Smith (1825-1914), prior to 1859. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

80 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 80-inches long; 77-inches wide with fringe; fringe is 9-inches ling including two-inch knotted band.

Material

Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Smith, Elizabeth Piersoll; Mrs. Drayton Smith

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Elizabeth Piersoll Smith (1825-1914) Shawl belonged to the donor's mother, Miss Elizabeth Piersoll Smith (1825-1914), prior to 1859. Elizabeth Piersoll Smith lived at 46 East Penn Street, Germantown, at the time of her death. (Source: death certificate: Ancestry.com)