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Shawl
Object/Artifact
Wool machine woven square (about 6’) Paisley-type shawl with red, blue, green and black gates at two ends. Black field nearly non-existant. Large abstract butas with scalloped black borders in each corner, wavy liny works through gates. No marks. Fringe. Unclipped floats. Red gates are particularly brilliant.Colors: red, orange, sky blue, yellow-green, black, white.
G2002.043
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1870
User Age: adult Gender: female
shawl
wool
machine woven
paisley
Western New York
New York
United States of America
North America
Everyday