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Palatine shawl
French
1830-1840
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: silk; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool.
Dimensions
Height x width: 182.9 × 182.9 cm (72 × 72 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1005
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionQuatrefoil shape, moon center, red, green, chinoiserie.
ProvenanceAugust 1982, sold by Harriet Bridges, Harvard, MA, 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 (2001.157.37); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)