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Shawl
French?
about 1850
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Field: 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; patterning wefts: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 177.8 × 167.6 cm (70 × 66 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.985
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSquare, medium size square ivory center; 'vegetal', predominantly purple with pink, blue, green, brown; self fringe. Twin to # 456? (green center).
ProvenanceNovember 1981, sold by Harriet Bridges, Harvard, MA, 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 (2001.157.11); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)