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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1875
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven with plain weave ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warps: silk plied wool; main weft: wool; patterning wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 180.3 × 179.1 cm (71 × 70 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1212
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMay 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 (2001.157.287); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)