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Shawl
European
about 1875
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
5/1 satin ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 5/1 satin; Warps: silk plied with wool or cotton; main weft: ?; pattern wefts: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 160 × 171.5 cm (63 × 67 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionZebra striped square, self-fringed on two sides. Colors: red, orange, ivory, med. blue, green. Looser weave, green selvedges.
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 (2001.157.20); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)