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Mourning Shawl
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Mourning Shawl

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Eliza Wadsworth American, 1850 - 1922
Clothing MakerMade by Unknown
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
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    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
    Frances Eliza Smith
    about 1888
    Dress
    Unknown
    1860-1865
    Smoking Jacket
    Moses Lyman VIII
    about 1890-1895