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Shawl

possibly French
about 1875
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique Field: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Main warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: cotton?; main warp: wool
Dimensions Height x width: 199.4 × 189.2 cm (78 1/2 × 74 1/2 in.) with fringe
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.993
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSquare with small black x-shaped center; predominantly red w/med. blue, green, saffron, ivory, and notably 'lavendar'; mosaic border, green selvedges, self fringes; "decorated center"?.
ProvenanceMarch 1982, sold by Marcy Jacobs, Marblehead, 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 (2001.157.24); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)