Shawl
Fortier et Maillard
(French, 1851–1865)
1840–1850
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool, resist dyed; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 188 × 184.2 cm (74 × 72 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1214
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ProvenanceMay 1990, sold by Frank Ames, New York, 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 (2001.157.289); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)