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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in satin, clipped: Warp: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 322.6 × 153.7 cm (127 × 60 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1208
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ClassificationsCostumes
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 (2001.157.282); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)