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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/1 Z twill center; pattern:satin ground with supplementary discontinuous and continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 309.9 × 149.9 cm (122 × 59 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1050
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMay, 1984. Acquired by 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 (2001.157.100); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)