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Turnover shawl
American?
about 1875
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Wool 2/2 S twill ground, embroidered and with attached jacquard-woven border of 1/2 Z twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 Z twill, clipped; Warps: silk plied with wool; main weft: cotton; patterning weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 166.4 × 152.4 cm (65 1/2 × 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1035
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge red center, multi border and embroidery border.
ProvenanceNovember 1983, sold by Marcy Jacob, 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 (2001.157.77); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)