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Turnover shawl

British
about 1835
Object Place: Great Britain, United Kingdom

Medium/Technique Wool 2/2 S twill center with attached border with 5/1 satin ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 S twill, clipped; Warp: silk; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool and silk
Dimensions Height x width: 170.2 × 170.2 cm (67 × 67 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1074
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionLarge red center, shiny gold and boteh border 8"
ProvenanceFebruary 1985, acquired by 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 (2001.157.129); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)