A square "Paisley" shawl woven with a central black stellar medallion, the borders quartered and infilled with palmettes and other vegetation--66in. (165cm.) square, circa 1855-60; and another woven with a black central stellar medallion, the ends with a prayer arch flanked by two pairs of facing cones--64 x 118in. (160 x 295cm.), late 1860s (2)

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A square "Paisley" shawl woven with a central black stellar medallion, the borders quartered and infilled with palmettes and other vegetation--66in. (165cm.) square, circa 1855-60; and another woven with a black central stellar medallion, the ends with a prayer arch flanked by two pairs of facing cones--64 x 118in. (160 x 295cm.), late 1860s (2)

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