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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1850
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven shawl with plain weave ground and supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warps: wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 331.5 × 168.9 cm (130 1/2 × 66 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1155
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMarch, 1988, 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 (2001.157.224); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)