Shawl
about 1855
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk, resist-dyed; main weft: wool, resist-dyed; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 304.8 x 152.4 cm (120 x 60 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1206
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ProvenanceApril 1990, sold by Paul Jones, London, 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 (2001.157.279); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)