Details
Comprising of one silk scarf and one cotton scarf
Silk scarf: 3234 in. (83.2 cm.) long, 812 in. (21.6 cm.) wide
Cotton scarf: 3312 in. (85.1 cm.) long, 738 in. (18.5 cm.) wide
Literature
Ashley Callahan, Frankie Welch's Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics (Atlanta, 2022), p. 130, illustrated.
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These peanut scarves were designed by Frankie Welch and were used as gifts by Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter while he was Governor of Georgia. Rosalynn wore these scarves on numerous occasions, including while watching the results of the May 1976 primaries. She also wore a dress in the peanut pattern while in the Governor's Mansion in 1973.

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