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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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)
about 1860
1805-1810
probably 1820–30
about 1855
about 1867
about 1850