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| Isn't this lovely? A dress from 1810 with a shawl from 1815 |
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| Dress from 1825, shawl from 1830. Like something out of Wives & Daughters! |
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| The enormous loom |
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Paisley Shawls
In one of the rooms at the museums, there was a fine exhibit of Paisley Shawls (as one might imagine). The earliest examples were from around 1800.
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Sheesh! that's one scary looking loom!!
ReplyDeleteWowzers! Did you go dress up in the play-room? I love that bit about how well-read and argumentative they were! There's gotta be some great stories in that!!!
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