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Woman's dress in two parts (bodice)

(about 1900)
About 1890
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk damask embroidered with faux pearls (composite material), silk plain weave (chiffon), silk velvet, buckram, metal hooks and eyes
DimensionsCenter front: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Center back: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession number51.320a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsWoven into petersham sewn inside bodice: "Parcher/ Boston"
about 1850
late 19th century
about 1860
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
1820–25
Belle, Bryce, Gemmel
1904
Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop)
1840s
early 20th century