Four Seasons Shawl
about 1860
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 S twill: Pattern: 1/3 S twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool and/or cotton; pattern weft: wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 317.5 × 160 cm (125 × 63 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1014
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ProvenanceDecember, 1982, sold by Harriet Bridges, Harvard, MA, 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 (2001.157.48); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)