Turnover Shawl
about 1825
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueWool 2/2 Z twill ground with attached border of 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts in 3/1 S twill and clipped; Warp: silk ; main weft: wool; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 134.6 × 134.6 cm (53 × 53 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1059
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1979 and 1997, 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 (2001.157.112); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
1805-1810
about 1860
about 1815
probably 1820–30
About 1820