fbpx

Shawl

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-12125

Description

Black wool twill; black taffeta border appliqued all around.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
appliqué (technique)
silk (textile)
taffeta
twill
wool (textile)
Shawl
Shawl

Associated Building

Used At Leland House,

Additional Identification Number

WHS 317B

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.364

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].