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Shawl
about 1875
Object Place: Europe
Dimensions
Height x width: 337.8 × 154.3 cm (133 × 60 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionZebra-striped oblong with sinuous 'curley boteh' ("flaring iris") design which goes across stripes. Predominantly green, blue, black, red stripes with ivory/orange; self fringe.
ProvenanceNovember 1980, Show Sudbury, to 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 (2001.157.4); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)