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Infant's quilted blanket (unfinished)

Infant's quilted blanket (unfinished)

early 18th century
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufactureprobably England, possibly Boston
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave quilted, cotton filling
DimensionsOverall: 75.6 x 81.3 cm (29 3/4 x 32 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.922
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsWritten on fabric label sewn to object: "Probably infant 'bearing cloth' used at christening early 18th century Stoddard family Boston. Marked 1906 Georgiana Welles Sargent descendant."
ProvenancePossibly used by Mehetable Stoddard Hyslop (1719-1792) or her sisters, Mary Stoddard Chauncey (b. 1715) and Sarah Stoddard Greenough (1718-1778); Inherited by Mehetable Stoddard Hyslop's great-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 1949
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Insertion fragment
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Insertion fragment
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Border fragment
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Border fragment
16th–19th century
Border fragment
17th–19th century
Panel of quilting
early 18th century
Unfinished pillow cover
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Quilted cover
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Bed quilt
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