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Collection Record Detail

Object Name

Scarf

Object Number

1920-01-10

Description

Silk scarf; predominate color is an orangish brown; border around scarf of two undulating lines that repeatedly intersect, small sprays of flowers aroung them; on two ends the border is dine in brown thread; on the other two ends down in a bright cream thread; center panel has stips of color which blend together at edges - moves from brown to orange to yellowish green then back to orange and then brown; repeated pattern of undulating lines that move away and towards each other creating almost a circular shape

Comment

belonged to Elizabeth Lousnbury - a member of Lyman Beecher's parish in Litchfield, CT