Quilted bedcover
Increase Sumner
(Increase Sumner (American, 1746–1799))
probalby late 17th or early 18th century
Object PlaceProbably England
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, backed with silk plain weave and quilted
Dimensions312.7 x 273.5 cm (123 1/8 x 107 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.886
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ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Increase Sumner (1746-1799), Governor of Massachusetts from 1797 until his death in 1799; Inherited by his great-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
about 1744
about 1870
about 1875
ca. 1789-1825
mid-18th century
around 1775
1800