Shawl
Berrus Freres & Cie.
(French, 1846–1875)
1848-1850
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill; Warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: silk; pattern weft: silk
DimensionsHeight x length: 342.9 × 163.8 cm (135 × 64 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1057
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Provenance1983, sold by Tessa Hughes, London, 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 (2001.157.110); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)