Shawl
about 1835
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; Pattern; 1/3 Z twill ground wtih supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; silk warp resist dyed, wool structural weft, and wool patterning wefts.
DimensionsHeight x width: 171.5 x 162.6 cm (67 1/2 x 64 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1189
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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 (2001.157.259); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
