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Infant's quilted blanket and pair of sleeves

mid-18th century
Place of UseRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Place of ManufactureUnited States or England
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin lined with silk plain weave and quilted with silk threads
DimensionsOverall: 102.9 x 100.3 cm (40 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.921a
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsWritten on fabric label: "Infant's quilt, probably about 1750, Sumner family, Roxbury"
ProvenanceUsed by members of the Sumner family of Roxbury, Massachusetts, which included Increase Sumner (1746-1799); Inherited by Increase Sumner's great-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 19499