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Shawl

Norfolk, Norwich
about 1850
Object Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England, East Anglia

Medium/Technique Wool 4/1 satin damask, block printed
Dimensions Height x width: 320 × 149.9 cm (126 × 59 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.995
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionOblong, printed, "1/2 & 1/2"," red and brown pips on cream, 1/2 red, brown desing". Woven cotton ("challis") cloth w/allover pattern; narrow 1/4"woven shadow stripe at 3 3/4" intervals ; 7 1/4" deep selvedge edge borders w/red, green, cobalt blue, teal blue, brown, mustard. Applied knotted fringes, mostly brown, some olive green (silk?).
ProvenanceJune 3, 1982, sold by Jeannie Millward, Norwich, 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 (2001.157.27); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)