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Shawl

(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
On View
Not on view
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)
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1848-1850
about 1860
about 1850
Frederic Hebert & Fils
about 1855
Bietry Pere Fils & Cie.
about 1865
Frederic Hebert & Fils
about 1855
about 1855
Shawl "a pivot"
about 1867
Catherine Francois Lefevre
about 1860
Shawl
1855
about 1870
about 1850