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Shawl

Berrus Freres & Cie. (French, 1846–1875)

1848-1850

Object PlaceFrance?

Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool

DimensionsHeight x width: 179.1 × 163.8 cm (70 1/2 × 64 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection

Accession number2017.1034

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ClassificationsCostumes

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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 (2001.157.76); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)