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Shawl
European
about 1875
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Jacquard woven shawl with plain weave ground and supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave; Warps: wool; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x length: 327.7 × 152.4 cm (129 × 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1006
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTiny black star center, red and blue color.
ProvenanceSeptember 30, 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 (2001.157.39); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)