Shawl
about 1875
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; Pattern: plain weave ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 317.5 × 158.8 cm (125 × 62 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1147
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ProvenanceDecember 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 (2001.157.216); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)