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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1865
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven, reversible weave, supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: wool?; pattern wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x length: 165.1 × 162.6 cm (65 × 64 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1037
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDecember 1983, sold by Marcy Jacobs, Marblehead, 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 (2001.157.79); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)