Shawl
about 1815
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique2/2 S twill ground with attached border of 1/3 S twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts in 3/1 S twill and clipped; Warp: wool?; main weft: wool or silk; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 238.8 × 120.7 cm (94 × 47 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1027
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ProvenanceOctober 23, 1983. Acquired by 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 (2001.157.68); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
probably 1820–30
about 1825
about 1840
1845-1850
about 1820
about 1835
about 1875
about 1875
second quarter of 19th century
about 1875