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Le Nou-Rouz

Le Nou-Rouz

(French, 1797–1864)
(French, 1834–1838)
1839
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/Technique1/3 S twill ground (borders) and 3/1 S twill ground over paired warps (central field) patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/2 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: cotton and silk (center); patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 396.2 x 162.6 cm (156 x 64 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1021
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJune 1983, sold by Tessa Hughes, London, to Martha Bayles Boyd (b. 1929 - d. 2010), Reston, VA; 2001, gift of Martha Bayles Boyd to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA; 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)