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Shawl
European or American
about 1875
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Jacquard woven plain weave ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in plain weave, clipped; Warps: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; Main weft: wool and cotton; pattern wefts: wool.
Dimensions
Height x width: 327.7 × 157.5 cm (129 × 62 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1015
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTiny black center, red, black and white outlining.
ProvenanceFebruary, 1983, 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 (2001.157.49); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)