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Overdress and skirt

(French, active 1860–1896)
about 1880
Medium/TechniqueFigured silk satin, glass beads
Dimensionsbodice: 73" CB; skirt 40" CF
Credit LineGift of the estate of Francis M. Benson, Jr.
Accession number2017.4153.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1980, Gertrude McCloud Benson, by inheritance to her son, Francis M. Benson, Jr.; 2017, gift of the estate of Francis M. Benson, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: October 11, 2017)
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2003.141.1-2
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