Embroidered silk crepe shawl; Chinese export?
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand embroidered silk crepe shawl, possibly Chinese for the export market. Black silk ground embroidered in shades of blue. Black silk knotted fringe, 8" length, all around. Embroidery design of flowers is done in 10" and 11" squares all around, with an extra square above each corner motif. A 2" wide outer border of flowers runs all around 1.125" above the fringe. Probably late 19th C. Belonged to the donor's maternal grandmother: the wife of John Milton Hay (poet, historian and diplomat). 62.75" x 61.5"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15605
label: catalog number
content: T15605
label: accession number
content: 296306
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl