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
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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)
around 1775
1880
late 19th to early 20th century