Pelerine or shaped shawl of jacquard-patterned silk; 1850-1875
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pelerine or shaped shawl of taupe (gray-beige) jacquard-patterned silk taffeta; Yarn count 185warps per inch, 130 wefts per inch. Jacquard woven with delicate undulating vertical floral design, formed by weft floats tied in twill and basket weaves. Taupe silk fringe, 6" long. Probably worn after 1860 in the southeastern US by the donor's mother, who was born in 1845.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Francis C. Browne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13421.000
label: catalog number
content: T13421.000
label: accession number
content: 253954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pelerine
label: Object Name
content: shawl