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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven; 2/1 S twill center; pattern areas patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 S twill, clipped; Warps: wool; main weft: cotton?; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 177.8 × 182.9 cm (70 × 72 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1090
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceApril, 1986, 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 (2001.157.149); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)