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Le Nou-Rouz

Amedee Couder (French, 1797–1864)

Gaussen Aine & Cie (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

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ClassificationsCostumes

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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)