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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/1 S twill; Pattern: Plain weave ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts, clipped and tied in plain weave; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft, wool; pattern weft, wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 326.4 × 157.5 cm (128 1/2 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1198
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceOctober 1989, sold by Runn Hill Antiques, acquired by 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 (2001.157.269); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)