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Shawl

American
about 1875
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique Jacquard woven 2/2 Z twill center with 1/2 S twill ground patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 2/1 twill, clipped; Warp: wool; main weft: wool: pattern weft: wool
Dimensions Height x width: 174 × 174 cm (68 1/2 × 68 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1083
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMay, 1985, 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 (2001.157.140); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)