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Shawl

French
about 1840
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique Field: 2/2 S twill; Borders: 1/3 S twill with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1S twill, clipped; Warp: silk?, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions Height x width: 345.4 × 160 cm (136 × 63 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.989
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack rectangular center medium size; predominantly red w/ maroon, light blue, green, gold, ivory. Tall, deep, upright boteh borders, self fringes, green selvedges.
ProvenanceApril, 1983, Boxboro Show, 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 (2001.157.18); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)