Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop)
(American, 1719–1792)
1840s
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufactureprobably France (fabric)
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave patterned with weft floats and discontinuous supplementary patterning weft; cotton plain weave lining (bodice); metal hooks and eyes (bodice)
DimensionsOther (center front of bodice): 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Other (skirt): 104.1 cm (41 in.)
Other (fragment): 15.6 x 34.4 cm (6 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Other (skirt): 104.1 cm (41 in.)
Other (fragment): 15.6 x 34.4 cm (6 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.872a-c
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ProvenanceMay have been worn by Mehetable Stoddard Hyslop (1719-1792) of Boston; Inherited by her great-granddaughter Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City, who wore it in to a family dinner in 1931; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949
about 1855
around 1850
1840
about 1850
around 1800
about 1750