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Shawl a pivot
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Shawl a pivot

Berrus Freres & Cie. (French, 1846–1875)
about 1855
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; main warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 365.8 × 157.5 cm (144 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.997
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJune 7, 1982, sold from Antique Textiles Company, London, 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 (2001.157.29); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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