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Towler, Campin & Cie (English, 1846–1851)
Norfolk, Norwich
about 1850
Object Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England, East Anglia
Medium/Technique
Silk 7/1 satin, block printed
Dimensions
Height x width: 358.1 × 175.3 cm (141 × 69 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1001
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCream silk oblong with applied silk fringes; large cream center; printed multi-floral design in rose, lavendar, light blue, gold, green, black; sprigs and swags with one 4" rectangular border.
ProvenanceJune 7, 1982, sold by Antique Textiles Comany, 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 (2001.157.33); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)