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Shawl

about 1875
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven satin ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in satin; warps: wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 177.8 × 180.3 cm (70 × 71 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1150
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMarch, 1988, acquired by 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 (2001.157.219); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)