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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven 2/2 Z twill center with 1/2 S twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 twill, clipped; Warp: wool; main weft: wool: pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 174 × 174 cm (68 1/2 × 68 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1083
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMay, 1985, sold by Harriet Bridges, Harvard, MA, 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 (2001.157.140); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)