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Shawl
British
about 1820
Object Place: Great Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
2/2 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts,clipped: Warp: wool; weft: silk and wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 254 × 113 cm (100 × 44 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge cream center, boteh border, blue and red.
ProvenanceOctober 6, 1982, sold by Antique Textiles Co., London, 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 (2001.157.43); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)