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Shawl

about 1860
Object PlaceAustria
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, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 136.5 × 157.5 cm (53 3/4 × 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1235
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ClassificationsCostumes
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 (2001.157.312); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)