Shawl
about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueJacquard: Field: 2/1 S twill: Pattern: supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 S twill; silk plied with wool warps, wool structural weft and wool patterning wefts
DimensionsHeight x width: 326.4 x 146.1 cm (128 1/2 x 57 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1194
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ProvenanceAugust 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 (2001.157.265); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
probably 1820–30
about 1840
1845-1850
about 1875
about 1875
second quarter of 19th century
about 1875
about 1820