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Shawl

French
about 1850
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique Field: 3/1 Z twill; pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton and wool, resist dyed; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions Height x width: 177.8 × 182.9 cm (70 × 72 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSquare shawl, symmetrical design, large center circle outline with small black 'rose window' center. Two machine finished edges opposite selvedges; overall red, green, blue, with pink/ivory/burgundy. Lilies in design?
ProvenanceNovember 1980, acquired by Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, gift of Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.3); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)