Woman's Woolen Shawl

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Woman's Woolen Shawl

Woman's Woolen Shawl

Name/Title

Woman's Woolen Shawl

Entry/Object ID

CW 4569

Description

Shawl. Woman's shawl; rectangular; black light-weight wool; plain weave; four-inch complex knotted self-fringe on two sides. Dimensions (including fringe): 76-inches long; 64-inches wide. Fair condition - single cluster of moth holes. No date given. Transcribed from Original Accession Record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

unknown

Dimensions

Width

64 in

Length

76 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions (including fringe): 76-inches long; 64-inches wide; four-inch fringe on two sides.

Material

Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hamer, Miss Adell M.; Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916) and Willis E. Morgan

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Morgan, Evelyn Merrill (1841-1916) Clarkson-Watson Collection Shawl was worn by Mrs. Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916), Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a great aunt of the donor. Donor was the niece of Mrs. Morgan's son, Willis E. Morgan, 1955 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, who died in 1950.