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Woman's spencer
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Woman's spencer

early 19th century
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufactureprobably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with cotton embroidery; silk twill ribbon
DimensionsCenter back: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.890
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited by 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
Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
around 1810
Cap
First half 19 century
Woman's collar
about 1835
Child's collar
early 19th century
Cap
First half 19 century
Modesty
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1815
Modesty
secon quarter of the 19th century
Group shot: 2003.851.1-10, 12, 13
Meyer & Mortimer
Late 19th to early 20th century