Baby's shawl
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1911 - circa 1925
Materials
Silk
Measurements
2007 mm (length)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659254
Summary
A baby's cream silk shawl (circa 1911 to circa 1925), that is probably machine knitted. This silk woven square has an openwork pattern of rows of fan shapes interspersed with rows of diamond shapes. A broad band edges it, this consists of an openwork band, then a narrow straight band, than a broad filled band with another narrow, then an openwork band and another narrow straight band with a deep fringing all round.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Jean Coates in February 1984. A note with the garments from the donor reads - "There were four of us, Alan born 1911, Derek born 1917, Jean (myself) born 1919 and Brian born 1925. My aunt did fine embroidery and my mother made all the clothes, I think, except the Christening robe which I know my aunt made. She did all the broderie anglaise by hand. Apart from that, I have had to guess. Jean Coates (nee Rogers)."