A dark brown silk shawl of basically triangular shape with the bottom and top edges curved with European-style embroidered floral designs (urns, cornucopias, swags) worked primarily in chain stitch, probably tambour work, with additional embroidery in satin stitches to fill out the design. The embroidery includes colored threads and a multi-colored chenille thread used sparingly throughout. The scarf is hemmed by machine and trimmed in handmade fringe of silk chenille threads bound with multi-colored threads. The shawl is meant to be worn so that the embroidery at one corner and along the sides shows when the other corner - also trimmed by machine and fringed, but with hem facing the other side of the fabric - is folded over. When worn properly, two rows of fringe show and the embroidery is seen in between. The chenille fringe is sewn directly into the silk, rather than being attached with a tape.