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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/TechniqueCotton, openwork and tufts

DimensionsOverall: 125.7 cm (49 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 number49.884

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InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label sewn inside skirt: "Petticoat Mrs. B. Welles of Boston 1815-1820 marked by G. W. Sargent her granddaughter 1906"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