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Embroidered fragment
Embroidered fragment

Embroidered fragment

Priscilla Scollay (American, 1755–1833)
mid-18th century
Object PlaceProbably Boston, New England
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with wool and silk
Dimensions59.7 x 26.7 cm (23 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Helen Pamela Higgins in memory of her aunt Gertrude Glidden Cabot (1894-1966)
Accession number2000.1245
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceInherited by donor from Priscilla Scollay Melvill by descent. Gift of Helen Pamela Higgins to the MFA, December 2000.
Wedding dress in two parts
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1740–50
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1796