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
probably 1820–30
second quarter of 19th century
about 1815
1810–20
second quarter, or mid-19th century
1805-1810
about 1810
1835–45
about 1830
about 1820
about 1820