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Shawl
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Shawl

early 19th–mid 19th century
Medium/Technique2/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary patterning wefts, clipped, and supplementary warps tied in 3/1 Z twill; Warp: wool; main weft: wool; pattern warps and wefts: wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 170.2 × 171.5 cm (67 × 67 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1030
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceNovember 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 (2001.157.71); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)