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Shawl
Scottish
about 1840
Object Place: Scotland, United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
3/1 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts, clipped, tied in 3/1 Z twill; Warp: silk plied with wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool.
Dimensions
Height x width: 327.7 × 160 cm (129 × 63 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.990
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlue kirking shawl, oblong, large cream center, blue with red, yellow, green; deep blue upright boteh borderw/ leaf pattern; self fringes knotted in corners only. Fine weave.
ProvenanceJanuary 1982, 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 (2001.157.19); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)