Shawl
about 1865
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/Technique1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist-dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 344.2 × 160 cm (135 1/2 × 63 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1209
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ProvenanceAugust 1986, 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 (2001.157.283); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
about 1850
about 1855
about 1850