Woman's skirt
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
(American, 1784–1826)
about 1815–20
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufactureprobably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk patterned with warp and weft floats, silk satin
DimensionsOverall: 118.1 cm (46 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 number49.883
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ProvenanceWorn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin Welles), Boston, MA (b. 1784 - d. 1826); 1826, given by descent to her granddaughter Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent, New York, NY (b. 1858); 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.
19th century
19th century
early 20th century
19th to early 20th century
latter half of the 19th century
19th century
19th century
mid-19th century
about 1830
1830s
about 1844
first quarter of the 19th century