Description:
Dickey made of hand-embroidered cotton on cotton mull, which was originally used inside a dress. There is a two note in the data file from Florence Stebbisn Shaw (Mrs. Albert E. Shaw) of Webster, Massachusetts: "Given to her great grand daugher Florence Stebbins Shaw by Carrie Lamb Ward in 1933." Carrie Lamb Ward (b.1862) was the daughter of Laura Stebbins (b.1837) and Thomas Lamb (1830-1881) of Worcester who married in 1860, and the great granddaugher of Zabina Stebbins (1797-1879) and Ruby Graves Stebbins (1796-1877) of Deerfield. Carrie married George William Ward (1858-after 1930) of Worcester in 1881. Born Florence Copeland Stebbins (1888-1966), Florence Stebbins Shaw married Albert Elmer Shaw (1886-1952) in Deerfield in 1913 and then lived in Webster, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Stebbins (b.1859) who married Mary Elizabeth MacMahon (1858-1919) of Providence, RI, in 1880; granddaughter of Evander Graves Stebbins (1821-1885) and Matilda Childs Stebbins (1824-1885) of Deerfield; and great granddaughter of Zebina Stebbins and Ruby Graves Stebbins of Deerfield.
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