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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1860
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueCenter panel of 2/2 Z twill, patterned area of 1/3 Z twill patterened with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: wool plied with silk; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 189.2 × 189.2 cm (74 1/2 × 74 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1098
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ClassificationsDocumentation
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ProvenanceJune, 1986, acquired by 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 (2001.157.159); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)