Quaker shawl

Date1845

Mediumsilk

Dimensions48 1/2 × 48 1/2 in. (123.2 × 123.2 cm)

Object number00.221.72

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPlain off-white silk shawl without decoration, square and hemmed with bias tape.
Off white twill weave silk. hand hemmed on all four sides. Yellowed with scattered brown stains and many areas of weakness in the silk. [MCS, 4/2007] Washed, rinsed, and air dried 4/13/07 to lighten yellowing and staining and de-acidify.ProvenanceNote enclosed with shawl: "Shawl in which I passed Meeting wearing with it a pincheck black and white silk dress and a white silk bonnet. 1845. I make this record 4 mo. -17-1907. A. G. Wood"

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