Shawl
about 1870
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueJacquard woven and mechanically brocaded (battante brocheur) in 2/2 S twill ground patterned with supplementary patterning wefts tied with 2/2 S twill, clipped; Warps: silk plied with wool; main weft:
DimensionsHeight x width: 179.1 × 180.3 cm (70 1/2 × 71 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1237
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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 (2001.157.314); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
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probably 1820–30
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