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Shawl
European or American
about 1900
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Herringbone twill with supplementary continuous patterning wefts; Warp: wool; main weft: wool; pattern wefts: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 158.8 × 125.7 cm (62 1/2 × 49 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.992
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionReversible square shawl predominantly ivory with very narrow black? 1 5/8" boteh and dotted outlined borders on two sides; selvedge edge has dotted outline only. Self flat fringes.
ProvenanceDecember 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 (2001.157.21); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)