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Four Seasons Shawl
British
about 1860
Object Place: Great Britain, United Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 S twill: Pattern: 1/3 S twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: silk, resist dyed; main weft: wool and/or cotton; pattern weft: wool.
Dimensions
Height x width: 317.5 × 160 cm (125 × 63 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1014
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFour color center, gold fish, burgundy border.
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 (2001.157.48); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)