Shawl
about 1860
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/7 Z twill ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: silk; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 365.8 x 165.1 cm (144 x 65 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1187
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ProvenanceMay 1989, sold by Paul Jones, 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 (2001.157.257); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)