Chinese export embroidered shawl; ca. 1856
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chinese export market embroidered silk shawl; Hand embroidered white on white; Chinese shantung, floral border embroidered in self color, worn by Mrs. Mary Lawson Ruth McCrea on her wedding day, July 3, 1856, satin stitch, Has a fringe of 6-7". 55" x 57"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Mary E. McCrea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08581
label: catalog number
content: T08581.000
label: accession number
content: 160721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shawl, Embroidered
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 57 in; 139.7 cm x 144.78 cm