Scarf Commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition
Place
Chicago (Object made in)
Date
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Silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by main warp floats and areas of plain interlacing; extended ground weft cut fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; signature embroidered in couching
Inscriptions
Souvenir Woven at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 US Government Building
name embroidered in lower right corner
Dimensions
34.3 × 34 cm (13 1/2 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Christa C. Mayer Thurman
Reference Number
1978.2
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