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Shawl
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Shawl

about 1835
Medium/TechniqueField: 1/3 Z twill; Pattern: plain weave ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; main warp: wool?; main weft: wool?; pattern weft: wool and cotton.
DimensionsHeight x width: 158.8 x 157.5 cm (62 1/2 x 62 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1252
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceNovember 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 (2001.157.334); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)