Shawl
about 1875
Medium/Technique1/2 S twill ground with supplementary continuous and discontinuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; warp: silk plied with wool; wool structural and patterning wefts
DimensionsHeight x width: 323.9 x 158.8 cm (127 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1196
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ProvenanceSeptember 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 (2001.157.267); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
probably 1820–30
about 1875
about 1840
1845-1850
about 1835
about 1875
second quarter, or mid-19th century
about 1860