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Shawl
Woven by: Frederic Hebert & Fils (French, 1815–1867)
French
about 1863
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Field: 3/1 Z twill; Pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool; pattern weft: wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 337.8 × 156.2 cm (133 × 61 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession Number2017.1152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTiny black center, red multi, black outlines, scalloped. Frank Ames color plate #89L-S, p135.
ProvenanceMarch, 1988, sold by Paul Jones, London, 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 (2001.157.221); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)