Shawl
Berrus Freres & Cie.
(French, 1846–1875)
about 1850
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueField: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool and cotton; patterning wefts: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 336.6 x 160 cm (132 1/2 x 63 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1270
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ProvenanceJuly 1994, sold by Frank Ames, New York, 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 (2001.157.358); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
about 1860
about 1850