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