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Woman's dress

early 1820s
Place of Manufacturepossibly France
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (cambric and mull), linen plain weave (lining of overbodice)
DimensionsCenter Front: 130.8 cm (51 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.875
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label sewn to inside waistband: "Gown 1820-1825, worn by Mrs. Benjamin Welles of Boston"
ProvenanceWorn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin Welles) (1784-1826) of Boston; Inherited by her granddaughter 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
Woman's cap
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1820–25
Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
around 1810
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Modesty
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1815
Group shot: 49.1018-1019
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1815–25
Woman's underdress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
1815–20
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
1820–25
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
1820–25
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821