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87/744 Shawl, silk / wool, maker unknown, Scotland c.1840
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History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Donated by Mrs Minna McGrady, the shawl belonged to Mrs McGrady's grandmother Minianna McGibbon.

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Description
Shawl, silk / wool, maker unknown, Scotland, c. 1840

Large rectangular shawl, twill weave with discontinuous supplementary weft. Plain cream central ground with deep border worked at upper and lower ends with a dense paisley design worked in reds, greens, blues and yellows, inner edges of the design 'feather out into the cream ground. Narrow borders worked at side edges with 'feathered' botehs extending into central ground, Fringed upper and lower edges.

Made: unknown; Scotland; 1830 - 1850
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
87/744
Production date
1830 - 1850
Width
1520 mm
Depth
2890 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Minna McGrady, 1987

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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