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Stomacher

about 1800
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueGold (about 16 kt) and emerald
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 22.5 x 8.6 x 1 cm (8 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession number01.6495
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Description
Yvonne J. Markowitz, “Stomacher” in Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Yvonne J. Markowitz (Boston: MFA Publications, 2011), 136.
ProvenanceGardner Brewer Collection. 1901, bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft to the MFA.
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