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Shawl
Indian, Kashmir
about 1875
Object Place: Kashmir, India
Medium/Technique
Wool, 2/2 S twill embroidered with wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 408.9 × 116.8 cm (161 × 46 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.986
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionOblong, predominantly ivory with narrow, finely embroidered borders (predominantly red and orange, multi). Embroidered signature, upper proper left. Extremely fine weave, self ivory fringe.
ProvenanceNovember 1981, 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 (2001.157.12); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)