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Shawl
Shawl

Shawl

1855
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 331.5 × 160 cm (130 1/2 × 63 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1151
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMarch, 1988, 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 (2001.157.220); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)