Shawl
about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven with 1/2 S twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: wool; main weft: wool: pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 177.8 × 177.8 cm (70 × 70 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1041
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ProvenanceDecember, 1983. Sold by Jim Bakken, Littleton, 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 (2001.157.86); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
about 1875
about 1875
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about 1875
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about 1875
probably 1820–30
about 1840
1845-1850
about 1835