Shawl
- Object Name:
- Shawl
- Object ID:
- 1939.013.05
- Place of Origin:
- Chelsea, MA
- Date:
- 1870-1880
- Description:
- Shawl. Black fine wool twill. Black silk embroidery and heads. Odd shape; to be worn folded; rounded back. 5.5" added knotted fringe on the top layer, 8.5" knotted more heavily on lower edge. Jet beads. Wool-stuffed silk embroidery. Marked, "made and used by Julianna P. Morse Walker, late 1860s or 1870s."
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Provenance:
- Julianna Perkins Morse (1825-1910) married Charles H. Walker (1822-1887) in 1847. They lived in Loudon, NH, Manchester, NH, and Chelsea, MA. Julianna P. M. Walker was the grandmother of the the donor, Emma (Punchard) Radley (1885-194?).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma P. Radley
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