Chinese export embroidered shawl; 19th C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chinese export market embroidered shawl; 19th C. White silk ground with white silk twist embroidery in satin stitch; embroidery appears reversible. 11" fringe all around. A wedding gift from Oliver Hamilton (great-grandfather of the donor) to his bride Susan Rives, at Petersburg, Virginia, February 1885. 62" x 63"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12919
label: catalog number
content: T12919.000
label: accession number
content: 237128
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Embroidered
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in x 63 in; 157.48 cm x 160.02 cm