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Shawl
French
about 1840
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
2/2 Z twill center and pattern areas of 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 171.5 × 170.2 cm (67 1/2 × 67 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1002
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDesign consists of a large black center field with a center floral spray medallion. Floral sprays also emanate from the corners and line the sides. Flanking the sprays are two small floral bent-tip botehs. Main border contains repeated bent-tip boteh motifs. Outer border is filled with a floral vine pattern and is edged by narrow bands. Inner band of border is arched and both bands are punctuated by floral medallions. Fringe gates in black, red, green, and yellow. Made by: Unknown (Maker, possibly ED)
ProvenanceNovember 1987, sold by Laura Fisher, New York, NY, to Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, given by Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.34); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)