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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven plain weave ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warps: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; Main weft: wool and cotton; pattern wefts: wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 327.7 × 157.5 cm (129 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1015
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceFebruary, 1983, 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 (2001.157.49); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)