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Shawl

(English, 1846–1851)
about 1850
Object PlaceNorwich, England
Medium/TechniqueSilk 7/1 satin, block printed
DimensionsHeight x width: 358.1 × 175.3 cm (141 × 69 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1001
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJune 7, 1982, sold by Antique Textiles Comany, 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 (2001.157.33); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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about 1830
Towler, Campin & Cie
about 1850
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to first half of 19th century
about 1875
1835–1840
about 1860
Textile length
early 18th century
about 1865
Textile fragment
early 18th century