Skip to main content

Embroidered fragment

(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.
Sampler
19th century
Wedding dress in two parts
Priscilla of Boston
1945–55
Restricted: For reference only
Esther Powell
second quarter 18th century
Embroidered picture
Katherine Greene Amory
about 1745
Sampler
Ann M. Kimball
early 19th century
Sampler
Harriet Boardman
1804
Embroidered picture
Phebe Hobart
second half of 18th century
Embroidered picture
mid-18th century