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Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
(American, 1784–1826)
early 19th century
Place of Manufacturepossibly France
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton twill, linen plain weave (binding), silk thread
DimensionsOverall (measured open and flat with straps up): 48 x 60 cm (18 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Other (center front length): 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Other (center front length): 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.905
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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
early 19th century
1805–10
18th century
late 18th century
18th century
about 1840
18th century
third quarter of the 18th century
about 1815–25
17th–18th century
before 1786