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Modesty

late 18th century
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen with linen bobbin lace and linen tape
Dimensions15.5 x 7 cm (6 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.975
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
Infant's cap
second half of the 18th century
Woman's cap
19th century
Infant's shirt
18th century
View: Back
mid-18th century
Infant's cap
18th century
Child's shirt
third quarter of the 18th century
Veil
early 19th century
Infant's dress
early 19th century
Child's dress
second quarter of 19th century
Infant's christening dress
second quarter of 19th century