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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1825
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous and discontinuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warp: silk; main weft: wool and cotton; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 123.2 × 129.5 cm (48 1/2 × 51 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1167
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAugust, 1988, acqured by 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 (2001.157.236); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)