Shawl
about 1835
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 289.6 × 152.4 cm (114 × 60 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1000
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ProvenanceJune 7, 1982, sold by 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 (2001.157.32);2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
