Shawl
- Object Name:
- Shawl
- Object ID:
- 1967.025.08
- Date:
- 1850-1880
- Description:
- Shawl. Plaid; machine woven in a 2/2 twill with S-twisted wool single yarns in red, green and beige. Warp joined in center. Both warp and weft ends have been finished by plying two yarns into a Z-twist fringe. Medium weight. Top edge elongated from being worn over shoulders and fastened in front.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-64 L-118 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of objects probably associated with the donor's mother, Grace Porter Holt (1860-1949).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lura Frost
- Subjects:
- Shawls, Plaid, Textile industry, Textile production, Blankets, Tartan
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