Dress
about 1805
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave embroidered with cotton
DimensionsOther (Center front): 121.9cm (48in.)
Center back: 210.8 cm (83 in.)
Center back: 210.8 cm (83 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Helen Kingsford Preston
Accession number1989.347
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ProvenanceWorn by Sarah Bowdoin (1761-1826), wife of Hon. James Bowdoin (1752-1811), U.S. Minister to Spain and Associate Minister to France, about 1801-1809; decended through Bowdoin family; gift of Bowdoin family decendents in memory of Helen Kingsford Preston to MFA, 1989.
20th century
20th century
1960s-1980s
1710–50
about 1799
19th century
Second half 19th century
