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Shawl
French
about 1840
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 Z twill; Borders: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 307.3 × 152.4 cm (121 × 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1013
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge blue center, red and orange border, daisies.
ProvenanceDecember 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 (2001.157.47); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)