Pair of woman's slippers
Viault Esté
(French (Paris))
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
(American, 1784–1826)
1820s
Place of ManufactureParis, France
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, silk plain weave binding, silk satin ribbon ties, leather, and linen plain weave lining
Dimensions5 x 6.2 x 24.2 cm (1 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 9 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 number49.1013a-b
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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
about 1815–25
19th century
1805–10
about 1830–40
about 1780
late 16th–early 17th century
mid-19th century
about 1770
late 18th century
about 1850
1820s
mid 19th century