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Shawl
British, possible Paisley or Norwich
about 1865
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Reversible weave with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave: Warp: Silk plied with wool; Wefts: silk and wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 177.8 × 170.2 cm (70 × 67 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1012
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionOverall rococco design, red, gold, brown, 4 colors.
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 (2001.157.46); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)