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Shawl box, liner and shawl Object.

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Image
Contributor:
Nantucket Historical Association, owner.
Language:
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Houqua (Ship).
Children.
Clothing and dress.
Exports.
Fashion.
Flowers.
Gifts.
Silk.
Women.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1850]
Summary:
Lacquered wood case, painted cardboard liner with applied coloured papers, and embroidered ivory silk-crepe shawl. Brought back as a gift on board the ship Houqua.
Notes:
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from 'From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade' by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.
Title from publisher's website.

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