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Shawl
British or French
about 1835
Object Place: Great Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 Z twill; Borders: plain weave twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool and silk
Dimensions
Height x width: 320 × 165.1 cm (126 × 65 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.999
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge oblong with large ivory center, border continues throughout center; deep finely detailed borders predominantly red w/green, gold, black, lt. blue; 'palmettes and lotus flowers'?. Harlequin border with self fringes.
ProvenanceJune 7, 1982, sold by Antique Textiles Company, London, 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 (2001.157.31); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)