Shawl
about 1875
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/1 S twill: Pattern: 2/1 S twill with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 4/1 S twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton and wool; patterning weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 344.2 x 157.5 cm (135 1/2 x 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1249
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ProvenanceAugust 1991, sold by Paul Jones, London, 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 (2001.157.330); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
probably 1820–30
about 1855
about 1860
about 1840
1845-1850
about 1848
about 1840
second quarter of 19th century
about 1875