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Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10182, described as From Cat Card: Scarf of Purple silk chiffon, border formed by closer weave. Many torn places and holes.
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10186, described as From Cat Card: Stole of off white "silk chiffon." Floral pattern in discontinuous supplementary weft (very discontinuous - thread at beginning and end of each line of pattern) (not embroidery/applique as stated in accession materials). Warp ends folded under and hemmed, 13" fringe attached to these ends only. c1925.
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10183, described as From Cat Card: Scarf Navy Chiffon Silk. Border on long edges formed by denser warp. Hemmed on narrow edges. Plain weave with drawn thread hemstitching. c1925
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10195, described as From Cat Card: Stole. Watermelon pink stole. Narrow ends folded over plus hemmed and individually fringe of many colors attached to these ends only. Both ends embroidered in colors plus metallic threads in abstract design. Tag marked "26s" tied around stole. Silk with machine embroidery.
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10185, described as From Cat Card: Stole, Cerise pink chiffon silk. Narrow ends hemmed with drawn thread hemstitch. Self border on long edge by higher set. Floral design by "Devore" technique. Some black spots throughout. c1925
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 7-10184, described as From Cat Card: Scarf of Ecru silk chiffon, drawn thread hemmed on all four sides using two filament unspun thread. Stained with small holes, c1925
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-10194, described as From Cat Card: Rectangular stole of un-decorated pink silk chiffon with fringe. Narrow ends folded under and hemmed - fringe applied to these ends only. Stole appears to have been completely constructed then dyed: note that the dye has not penetrated knots well, and note un-dyed areas where knots have slipped. Different materials dyed in the same dye-bath often come out different colors; apparently this happened here. Result is fringe and fabric of different hues. Tag labelled "11s" tied to fringe. c1926
Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 7-10175, described as Stole. Beige chiffon; trimmed on narrow ends with alternating bands of double chiffon (brown, beige, brown); faggoted on narrow hem on long edge. c. 1928
Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 7-10179, described as From cat card: Stole, black silk chiffon. Bands of printed flowers in green, red, yellow and purple. Silk thread fringe - 10" - (black, pink, green and purple); fringe attached to hem with overhead knot. c. 1925.

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