Cashmere and Paisley Shawl
Unknown American, American
mid-19th century
Cashmere
Overall: 92 1/8 × 64 9/16 in. (234 × 164 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor Hicks
172.30.21802
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Exhibition History
“Completing the Picture: Hats, Fashion and Fine Art”, Friends and Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 28-September 24, 2000.
“Crinoline Dresses of the 1860s”, Rotunda, Hopkins Center, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January-March 1985.
Provenance
Eleanor Gruver Hicks (1902-1993), Minneapolis, Minnesota [sister of Elbert Asa Gruver (1905-1962), Class of 1927]; given to present collection, 1972.
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