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Shawl
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Shawl

Deneirouse & Boisglove, French, Paris
Amedee Couder (French, 1797–1864)
about 1851
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 177.8 x 158.8 cm (70 x 62 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1190
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMarch, 1989, sold by Frank Ames, New York, 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 (2001.157.260); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)