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Shawl

about 1860
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill order, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist tied; main weft: silk and wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 339.1 × 162.6 cm (133 1/2 × 64 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1154
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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 (2001.157.223); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)