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Turnover shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/Technique1/5 Z twill center with attached band of 2/1 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 Z twill; Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: cotton; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 156.2 × 157.5 cm (61 1/2 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1201
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJanuary 1990, 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 (2001.157.272); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)