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Turnover shawl
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Turnover shawl

about 1825
Object PlaceEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueWool 2/2 Z twill ground; pieced with 3/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Main warp: silk; main weft: silk; pattern weft: silk
DimensionsHeight x length: 141 × 139.7 cm (55 1/2 × 55 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.994
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMarch 1982, sold by Harriet Bridges, Harvard, MA, 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 (2001.157.25); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)