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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
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)
about 1865
about 1860
about 1875
about 1875
about 1860
about 1860
about 1850
about 1875
about 1875
about 1875
about 1860
about 1862