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Embroidered fragment
Embroidered fragment

Embroidered fragment

mid-18th century
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with silk and cotton embroidery and deflected warps and wefts
DimensionsOverall: 18.4 x 23.8 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.1033
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949
Modesty
secon quarter of the 19th century
Woman's cap
early 19th century
Woman's cap
around 1815
Woman's collar
second quarter of the 19th century
Infant's cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
a-b
mid-19th century
Woman's cap
Georgiana Welles (Sargent)
1840s
Modesty
mid-19th century
View: a-b
Mid-19th century