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DEACESSIONED June 22, 2017

Long rectangular shawl

Scottish (Paisley)
Object Place: Paisley, Scotland

Medium/Technique Silk
Dimensions 75.5 x 274 cm (29 3/4 x 107 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number50.3127
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionWhite (cream) silk ground; deep double border at each end of cone motif, blue and green and red predominating; narrow border along sides of minute flowering vine; all borders of cotton and sewed to ground; many small brownish stains; said to have been Joanna (Brown) Kinsman's wedding mantle, winter 1828.
ProvenanceAnonymous gift (from Mrs. Samuel Cabot)