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Shawl

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-13720

Description

Blue wool with cream and red pinstripes and two borders; one border is narrow - yellow, green, cream, and red geometric (overshot) stripe; the other border is wide - composed of indigo blue stripes, two red overshot pattern stripes, bands of plain red, yellow cream stripes and center stripe of same narrow stripe previously mentioned.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shawls
wool (hair)
Shawl
Shawl

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

38 x 28 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6716

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