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Kirking shawl

about 1840
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; Border: 3/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill: Main warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 340.4 × 158.8 cm (134 × 62 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1033
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceNovember, 1983. Aquired 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 (2001.157.74); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)