Shawl
about 1840
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 S twill; Borders: 1/3 S twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions164 x 349 cm (64 9/16 x 137 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Grenville H. Norcross and Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs
Accession number21.266
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ProvenanceGift from Grenville H. Norcross, Otis Norcross, and Mrs. Kingsmill Maris to the MFA, March 3, 1921
1845-1850
probably 1820–30
about 1820
about 1848
about 1840
about 1849, maybe earlier
second quarter of 19th century
about 1860
1805-1810