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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven with 2/2 Z twill center and patterned area of plain weave patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warps: silk plied wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 170.2 × 167.6 cm (67 × 66 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.978
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceSeptember 1979, Auction Balboni, Boston, to Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, gift of Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.1); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA (Accession date: June 21, 2017)