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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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
mid-19th century
around 1815
second quarter of the 19th century
second quarter of the 19th century
19th century
19th century
17th–19th centuries
17th–19th centuries
17th–18th centuries
18th–19th centuries
18th century
19th–20th centuries