Shawl
- Object Name:
- Shawl
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.072
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Shawl, wool. Two pieces. Paisley pattern in red, with green, blue, white, and orange coloring. Larger piece is hemmed on one long edge and has the original edge of fabric opposite. With note: "2 pieces of Paisley / Shawls - mamas & / Aunt Addies. bought / about 1870 -".
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Shawls, Wool, Wool industry
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