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Detail
Rectangular shawl with side and end borders
1825-1830
Object Place: Norwich or Paisley, England or Scotland (probably)
Medium/Technique
2/2 Z twill ground patterned with supplemenary discontinuous and clipped continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; Warp: silk; Main weft: wool; Pattern weft: silk and wool
Dimensions
58.5 x 250 cm (23 1/16 x 98 7/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 2.50 x .585 m (98 1/2 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Margaret A. Revere and Miss Anna P. Revere, in memory of Mary C. Rogers
Accession Number1976.52
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular white shawl with side and end borders in predominantly red and green wools on silk ground. Design of each end border: 5 large compact butas made up of distinct flowers; additional flowers between butas. Above this a row of 10 smaller butas. Fringe added at each end.
ProvenanceSaid by donors to have been owned by Mary Robbins Revere, born Oct. 16, 1794, married Joseph Warren Revere April 16, 1821, died February 1879