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Ribbon

mid–1830s
Place of Manufactureprobably France or England
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave with twill damask warp stripes
Dimensions13 x 4 cm (5 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Asa Gray
Accession number98.59n
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWorn by the family of Charles Greeley Loring (1794-1868, donor's father); Mrs. Asa Gray (Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909); Gift to the MFA, April, 1898
Ribbon
late 1820s
Textile fragment
second quarter of the 19th century
about 1818–30
about 1800–20
late 18th–early 19th century
1830s
about 1800–20
about 1800–20
about 1800–20
Cover
4th–5th century
around 1850