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Woman's shift
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Woman's shift

Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)
about 1821
Place of ManufactureParis, France
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave with cotton embroidery
DimensionsCenter front: 104.8 cm (41 1/4 in.)
Center back: 118.7 cm (46 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.896
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ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsWritten in ink on linen tag basted inside at bottom: "Caille [a few small illegible marks] W L"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
Woman's underdress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Woman's shift
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1821
Stays
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
around 1810
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 1820s
Modesty
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1815
Woman's cap
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
about 1820–25