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Terms
  • Shawls
  • Silk Fiber
Dimensions195.58 × 195.58 cm (77 × 77 in.)
MarkingsA handwritten label pinned to the object reads: "Black Silk Shawl [underlined], with fringe / 100 years old [underlined] - beautifully em- / broidered in black roses; the shawl / belonge to Mrs. Wm. Leighton Sr. of / Cambridge and Concord, Mass. and to / her daugher Mrs. Eliza Leighton / Barrett, wife of Dr. Henry A. Barrett of / Concord Mass. / Mary Leigton."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1855
DescriptionA rectangular shawl made of black silk embellished with a black fringe and an embroidered rose motif worked in black threads around the edges.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
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