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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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ClassificationsCostumes
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
third quarter of the 18th century
early 19th century
late 19th century
1820–30
19th century
possibly 15th century