Shawl
about 1850
Object PlaceNorwich, England
Medium/TechniqueSilk jacquard woven with supplentary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/2 Z twill
DimensionsHeight x width: 340.4 × 165.1 cm (134 × 65 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1003
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ProvenanceJune 8, 1982, sold by Tessa Hughes, London, 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 (2001.157.35); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)