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Stays

late 18th to early 19th century

Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueLinen twill (glazed), hemp plain weave (buckram), baleen, and silk thread

DimensionsCenter front: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Center back: 33.3 cm (13 1/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent

Accession number49.903

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InscriptionsWritten on cloth label sewn inside: "Stays probably worn by Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop) [1719-1792] about 1750"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