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Shawl

(French, 1815–1867)
about 1855
Object PlaceFrance
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 plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton and wool, resist dyed; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 318.8 × 161.3 cm (125 1/2 × 63 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1162
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJune, 1988, sold by Frank Ames, New York, NY, 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 (2001.157.231); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)