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Shawl
English, possibly Norwich
about 1835
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 289.6 × 152.4 cm (114 × 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1000
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge rectangle with large plain center, predominantly red (vermillion) w/'moss' green, gold, black, lavendar, ivory; twill weave? Applied silk(?) knotted fringes. "Rococco revival" design, no boteh.
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 (2001.157.32);2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)