Shawl
about 1840
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: Silk; main weft: wool; pattern wefts: silk and wool
DimensionsHeight x length: 161.3 × 166.4 cm (63 1/2 × 65 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1157
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ProvenanceApril, 1988, sold by Tessa Hughes, 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 (2001.157.226); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)