Ten textile fragments
about 1848
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Manufactureprobably France or England
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin damask (or possibly plain weave with continuous supplementary patterning satin warp)
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Overall: 8.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Overall: 17.1 x 15.9 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Overall: 19.1 x 7 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Overall: 21.6 x 21.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Overall: 15.2 x 15.9 cm (6 x 6 1/4 in.)
Overall: 10.2 x 13.2 cm (4 x 5 3/16 in.)
Overall: 18.1 x 12.7 cm (7 1/8 x 5 in.)
Overall: 22.2 x 14 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Overall: 17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.)
Overall: 8.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Overall: 17.1 x 15.9 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Overall: 19.1 x 7 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Overall: 21.6 x 21.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Overall: 15.2 x 15.9 cm (6 x 6 1/4 in.)
Overall: 10.2 x 13.2 cm (4 x 5 3/16 in.)
Overall: 18.1 x 12.7 cm (7 1/8 x 5 in.)
Overall: 22.2 x 14 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Overall: 17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Asa Gray
Accession number98.63a-j
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ProvenanceFrom dress worn by the donor at her wedding reception, May 1848; Mrs. Asa Gray (Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909); Gift to the MFA, April, 1898
early 18th century
second quarter of the 19th century
1840
late 17th century
late 17th–early 18th century
about 1830
19th century
19th century
about 1875
about 1835