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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1865
Medium/TechniquePlain weave with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; warp, silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft (ground) wool; main weft (harlequin) cotton?; pattern weft, wool.
DimensionsHeight x width: 330.2 x 161.3 cm (130 x 63 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1248
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceJuly 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 (2001.157.327); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)