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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
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)