Shawl
about 1862
Object PlaceGreat Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/TechniquePlain weave ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 335.3 × 161.3 cm (132 × 63 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1172
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ProvenanceDecember, 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 (2001.157.242); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)