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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven with 1/2 S twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 twill, clipped; Warp: wool; main weft: wool: pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 175.3 × 177.8 cm (69 × 70 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1141
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJuly 1987, 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 (2001.157.210); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)