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pall trim

Creator:
unknown
Location:
unknown place made
Origin Date:
Unknown
Materials:
cloth
Measurements:
overall: 1 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Item ID:
71.2009.082.0101
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Textiles

Description

Dark gray or black metallic piece of fabric. There is a scalloped design on the long edges and white fringe on both ends. A note accompanying the artifact reads: "metallic braid from the black velvet pall upon which Abraham Lincoln's casket rested when he was placed in tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, in 1865." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum