Shawl
about 1865
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplemtnary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped: Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: cotton and silk plied with wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 191.8 × 191.8 cm (75 1/2 × 75 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1081
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ProvenanceMay, 1985, 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 (2001.157.138); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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