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Kerchief
Object/Artifact
Square (about 52”) shawl of handspun, handwoven creamy yellowish cashmere. (Microscope identification seems to indicate it is mohair, maybe kid mohair.) This is not anywhere near as fine as 2005.074 but still impressively smooth and soft and thin. Woven in an uneven twill weave, coarsely set. Edges on all sides unhemmed, allowed to form self fringe. Narrow double border hastily embroidered — probably by more than one person — with wool or coarser cashmere (mohair) in black, dark gray, red, light pink, medium blue and sky blue, with a single buta in each corner. Where the light blue ran out, the work continued in the darker shade (or vice versa). Embroidered ‘signature’ on one corner.
G2007.072
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1825 - 1925
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
Handkerchief
Kerchief
Lady
Woman
Female
cashmere
mohair
twill weave
fringe
embroidered
buta
Handkerchief
Kerchief
Lady
Woman
Female
cashmere
mohair
twill weave
fringe
embroidered
buta