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Shawl
possibly Scottish, Paisley
about 1855
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 Z twill; pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool, resist dyed; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 345.4 × 152.4 cm (136 × 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1011
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSmall cream center, vase of flowers and daffodils design.
ProvenanceNovember 19, 1982, sold by Marcy Jacobs, Marblehead, 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 (2001.157.45); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)