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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1820
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary discontinuous and clipped continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warp: silk; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 138.4 x 137.2 cm (54 1/2 x 54 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1199
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceOctober 1989, sold by Runn Hill Antiques 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 (2001.157.270); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)