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Modesty
Modesty

Modesty

secon quarter of the 19th century
Object PlaceFrance or United States
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave (mull) with cotton embroidery, trimmed with cotton bobbin lace, deflected warps or wefts
Dimensions28 x 21.8 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.971
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
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
Woman's collar
second quarter of the 19th century
Woman's cap
early 19th century
Infant's cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Woman's cap
around 1815
Part of a cap (unfinished)
early 19th century
Embroidered fragment
mid-18th century
Infant's dress
mid-19th century
Woman's cap
Georgiana Welles (Sargent)
1840s
Modesty
mid-19th century
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Mid-19th century