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Woman's dressing gown

about 1855
Place of UseUnited States
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave printed, silk plain weave lining, fur collar, cotton cord and twill tape
DimensionsCenter Front: 137.2 cm (54 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.877
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (b. 1858) of New York City; 1949, gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1949); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.
third quarter of the 18th century
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Group shot: 2009.4375.1-2
Bill Gibb
Autumn-Winter 1972
Horatio Appleton Lamb
about 1860
Group shot: 2006.2137.1-3
F. C. Rüprich
about 1910
Dinner dress
about 1840
about 1815
View 2
early 19th century