Shawl
1860–1870
Object PlaceNorwich, England
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven 1/4 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts: warp: silk; main weft: silk; pattern weft: silk
DimensionsHeight x width: 172.7 × 167.6 cm (68 × 66 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1004
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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 (2001.157.36); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)