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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

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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)