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Mourning Shawl
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Mourning Shawl

Original Owner (American, 1850 - 1922)
Clothing Maker
Date1850-1875
MediumHand-stitched wool and silk
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width ): 55 1/4 x 53 3/4in. (140.3 x 136.5cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Emory Robotham
DescriptionBlack twill-woven wool/silk (bombazine) shawl edged with a three-inch wide black silk ribbon. The ribbon is placed along two contiguous edges of the shawl "front" and along the other two contiguous edges of the shawl "back," so that when the shawl is folded diagonally the ribbon shows on all edges.
Object number2001.130.6
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Waistcoat
Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
late 18th century
Gift of Charles S. MacDonough, 1847.12.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Commodore Thomas MacDonough
1812-1814
Waistcoat
Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
about 1785
Dress
Eliza Wadsworth
about 1909-1912
Dress
Frances Eliza Smith
about 1888
Dress
Unknown
1860-1865