Tan floral lace shawl with fringe

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A tan floral (possibly filet) machine lace shawl. The shawl has a triangular shape with machine- made fringe on two of the three sides. The fringe length ranges from 3.5” – 9”. The shawl has three large flowers near the center with two smaller flowers on each side, and various floral shapes are staggered along the top of the shawl. A 1.5” border goes around the shorter sides and the longer side has a selvedge edge. There is no label.

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