Shawl
1820–1830
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 S twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk; main weft: silk; pattern weft: wool and cotton
DimensionsHeight x width: 147.3 × 144.8 cm (58 × 57 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1146
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ProvenanceNovember 1987, sold by Laura Fisher, New York, NY, 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 (2001.157.215); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
about 1840
1835–45
second quarter of 19th century
probably 1820–30
about 1840
1845-1850
1805-1810