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Fringe (one of three matching pieces)

first half of the 18th century
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen and silver plain weave with looped and twisted wefts
DimensionsOverall: 11.1 x 34.9 cm (4 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.1056c
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
Three pieces of fringe
first half of 18th century
Fringe
mid-18th century
Three pieces of fringe
first half of the 18th century
Two pieces of fringe
first half of the 18th century
Child's collar
early 19th century
Loincloth end panel
A.D. 1000–1476
Woman's dress
Dolce & Gabbana
1995–1996
17th–18th century