Shawl
mid 19th century
Medium/Technique3/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous and discontinuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 172.7 × 171.5 cm (68 × 67 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1099
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ProvenanceJuly, 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 (2001.157.160); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)