Drawstring bag

Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)

1815–26

Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilk satin with silk embroidery and cords

DimensionsOverall: 21 x 20.3 cm (8 1/4 x 8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent

Accession number49.992

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InscriptionsWritten in ink on cloth label sewn inside object: "Mrs. B. Welles of Boston [Mehetable Sumner Welles (1784-1826)], Marked by her grandaughter G. W. Sagent 1906"

ProvenanceProbably belonged to Mehetable Sumner Welles (1784-1826); Inherited by her 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