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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1865
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven, Field: 2/1 Z twill; Pattern: plain weave ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warps: wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 327.7 × 165.1 cm (129 × 65 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.983
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceNovember 1981, Show Commonwealth, Pier 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 (2001.157.9); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)