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Shawl
Norfolk, Norwich
about 1850
Object Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England, East Anglia
Medium/Technique
Wool 4/1 satin, block-printed
Dimensions
Height x width: 386.1 × 157.5 cm (152 × 62 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.996
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCotton challis?, allover pattern predominantly brown w/light blue, aqua, deep rose, pink, ivory; narrow plain brown edges (no plain center); added fringes 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 (2001.157.28); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)