Long black and white silk shawl with geometric patterns. The shawl is narrow and rectangular. The pattern consists of alternating rectangles that have one of two designs inside them. One design has a daisy-like flower with stem and leaves on two sides and is inside of an oval. In the four corners of the rectangle there are circular designs. The other design has three interconnected diamonds with geometric designs inside them. On both ends of the shawl the geometric pattern is interrupted by a wide strip of solid black silk. The shawl is not reversible.
shawls
silk (textile)
Shawl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P951
Unknown
76 7/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1371
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