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Woman's scarf: Wartime London
English
about 1943
Place of Manufacture: England
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
92.3 x 83.9 cm (36 3/8 x 33 1/8 in)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLondon street scenes depicting everyday life during wartime, including a bombed building, with planes and blimps circling in the sky above; purplish sky in center with black border.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)