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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1860
Medium/Technique2/1 Z twill center, patterned area with plain weave ground and supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 185.4 × 180.3 cm (73 × 71 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1048
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceFebruary, 1984. Show at Woburn, 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 (2001.157.98); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)