Shawl
about 1835
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique3/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk?; main weft: wool and silk; pattern weft: wool; piece to central field of 1/3 Z twill, wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 304.8 × 147.3 cm (120 × 58 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1049
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ProvenanceMarch, 1984. 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 (2001.157.99); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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