Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Shawl |
Object ID # |
2017.45.2 |
Title |
Shawl worn by Annie and Katie Bechtel |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1910 |
Material |
Wool |
Dimensions |
W-54 L-112 inches |
Description |
Plain, black and grey tweed wool shawl with wide black and grey striped borders. Has a two inch simple wool fringe on all sides. |
Provenance |
Shawl worn by Annie B. (1887-1976) or her sister Katie B. Bechtel (1891-1980) of Boyertown, Pa. They were sisters, daughters of John E. Bechtel (1852-1908) and Elizabeth Bower Bechtel, who may have worn the shawl earlier. |
Source |
Gift of Lois B. Mest |
People |
Bechtel, Annie B., 1887-1976 Bechtel, Katie B., 1891-1980 |