Dinner dress
about 1840
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave (faille) with silk embroidery, glazed cotton plain weave lining, and cotton plain weave gauze sleeve lining, cotton plain weave tape, baleen, metal hooks
Dimensions146 x 66 cm (57 1/2 x 26 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number52.1155
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
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ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952
1845–50
about 1855
1840
about 1850
third quarter of the 18th century
about 1840
around 1800
About 1850
about 1845