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Stays

last quarter of the 18th century
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, linen plain weave lining and tape, leather, linen thread stitching, probably baleen boning
DimensionsCenter front: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Center back: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Meyer Weker
Accession number53.941
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Meyer Weker, to MFA, 1953
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
third quarter of the 18th century
Dinner dress
about 1840
Stays
1770–90
Bed valence
second quarter of the 18th century
late 18th to early 19th century
Stomacher
early 18th century