Shawl
about 1825
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 S twill ground patterned with supplementary discontinuous and clipped continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warp: silk; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 156.2 × 157.5 cm (61 1/2 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1084
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ProvenanceJune, 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 (2001.157.141); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
probably 1820–30
about 1860
about 1849, maybe earlier
about 1850
about 1830
about 1800
about 1850
about 1835
about 1840
1845-1850