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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1840
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique2/2 Z twill center and pattern areas of 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 171.5 × 170.2 cm (67 1/2 × 67 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1002
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceNovember 1987, sold by Laura Fisher, New York, NY, to Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, given by Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.34); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)