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Informal (at home) bodice (part two of a three-piece ensemble)

about 1885
Medium/TechniqueCotton velvet, silk plain weave, quilted
DimensionsCenter back: 67.3 cm (26 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Ellen Yohai Sneider
Accession number2015.1000.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1892, made for Alice White Hayward Sullivan (b. April 3, 1861 - d. 1892), Somerville, MA; 1892, given by descent within family; 1992, acquired by Ruth Stiles Walter; 1992, given by descent to her daughter Ellen Sneider, Palm Desert, CA; 2015, gift of Sneider to the MFA. (Accession date: April 22, 2015)
Petticoat
around 1775
Group shot: 2019.2282.1-3
Susan Hoffman
1975
Appliqued bed quilt
Mary Heidenroder Simon
about 1845–50
Blocks and Strips
Annie Mae Young
2002
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2003.374.1-2
Geoffrey Beene
Spring 1987
Quilt: Suntreader No. 3
Michael F. James
1980
Man's robe
late 19th to early 20th century
Quilt
Susana Allen Hunter
early 1960s