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Shawl

about 1850

Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warp: silk; main weft: wool and cotton?; patterning wefts: wool

DimensionsHeight x width: 156.2 × 156.2 cm (61 1/2 × 61 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection

Accession number2017.1086

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ClassificationsCostumes

Collections

Textiles and Fashion Arts

ProvenanceAugust, 1985, sold by Marcy Jacobs, Marblehead, 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 (2001.157.143); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)