Scarf
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1905
Materials
Silk, silk thread embroidery.
Measurements
110 x 1400 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603262
Summary
A woman's scarf made from white silk. The scarf is decorated with machine-embroidered multi-coloured silk thread in a floral style in shades of pink, pale blue, pale green and olive on either end of the scarf and is otherwise undecorated and unlined. A handwritten label sewn onto the underside of the scarf reads, "Parkinson-Cumine".
Provenance
Gift of Parkinson-Cumine
Marks and inscriptions
Inner seam, centre back.: A handwritten label sewn onto the underside of the scarf reads, "Parkinson-Cumine". See associated photograph for further details.