Dress

1920s

Medium/TechniqueSilk satin embroidered with silk, glass beads, machine lace, silk velvet

DimensionsCenter back: 129.5 cm (51 in.)

Credit LineGift of Susan B. Wadsworth

Accession number2014.853

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ClassificationsCostumes

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ProvenanceBefore 1971, given by descent by Helen Brooks (b. 1875 - d. 1971), Medford, MA to Gardner Emmons Jr. [see note 1]; 1980's, given by descent by Gardner Emmons Jr. to Susan B. Wadsworth, Waban, MA; 2014, gift of Wadsworth to the MFA. (Accession date: May 28, 2014)

NOTES:
[1] Helen Brooks was married to Robert W. Emmons II. They lived in Boston on Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue. Helen was the great-neice of Isabella Stewart Gardner.