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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1830
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill with supplementary discontinuous and continuous patterning wefts, clipped tied in plain weave; warp: silk; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 281.9 × 139.7 cm (111 × 55 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1082
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ClassificationsCostumes
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 (2001.157.139); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)