Shawl
1856
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 318.8 × 156.2 cm (125 1/2 × 61 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1133
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ProvenanceFebruary 1987, sold by Paul Jones, London, 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 (2001.157.199); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
about 1850