Woman's shawl
about 1820
Place of Manufacturepossibly Lyons, France
Place of Manufacturepossibly Paisley, Scotland
Place of UseLexington, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueGround: 2/2 Z twill; Border: 1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary discontinuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk; Weft; silk?; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsOverall: 248.9 x 131.4 cm (98 x 51 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Merrell L. Stout
Accession number45.604
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ProvenanceUsed by the Robbins family of Lexington, MA; Inherited by Dr. Merrell L. Stout from Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, June, 1945
About 1820
1805-1810
about 1860
