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Double pocketbook

1787
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk embroidery on linen plain weave with silk plain weave lining and paper card interlining
Dimensions28.1 x 24 x 2.2 cm (11 1/16 x 9 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Barbara Boylston Bean
Accession number1976.663
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsEmbroidered in Irish stitch across left edge: "NOVEMBER 3, 1787"
ProvenanceBequet to the MFA, 1976
Pocketbook
1750–1800
a-b
second half of 19th century
Dinner dress
about 1840
Stomacher
early 18th century
Woman's petticoat
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner)
1770-1785
a-b
Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop)
about 1770