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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1850
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven shawl with plain weave ground and supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warps: wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 323.9 × 160 cm (127 1/2 × 63 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1103
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAugust 1986, sold by Bradford Galleries, 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 (2001.157.165); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)