Name/Title
Scarf, BureauEntry/Object ID
1729Description
Material: textile. Size: 35" W. x 42" L. Description: white cotton lace - two outer 6" W. panels of lace - one center 5 1/2" W. panel..... silk ribbon Rose, Pink, Green, Black, Ivory. Scarf is made of two 6" wide 42" long panels of lace with 5 1/2" wide 42" long panel of China silk ribbon between lace strips. Lace panels are fixed to ribbon panel with pink feather-stitch embroidery. Both ends of each panel are foldedover and sewed together to make angle pointed scallop on end with 1 3/4" tassel made of pink embroidery floss at tip of each scallop. Lace is machine-made with scalloped design of flowers, scrolls and circles. Ribbon is China silk with faint flowers in center, black and white stripe on either side of flowers, white stripe next, a stripe of rosy pink edged with white stripe. Ribbon fabric shows considerable stress with slight separations and damaged area from marking tape. Colors appear dulled. 42" long, 35" wide.Context
From the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shepherd, former residents of Janesville, Minnesota. Mr. Shepherd died August, 1967 in Mankato, Minnesota, where he had lived for many years. His wife, Grace Hyatt Shepherd, died in June of 1969.Cataloged By
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Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Scarf, BureauNomenclature Primary Object Term
Scarf, FurnitureNomenclature Sub-Class
Furniture CoveringsNomenclature Class
Household AccessoriesNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsCreate Date
July 26, 1988Update Date
November 21, 2024