Shawl
about 1875
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: 245.1 × 52.7 cm (96 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1234
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ProvenanceJanuary 1991, sold by Maureen Boyd 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 (2001.157.311); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)