Hat
1840-1850
Medium/TechniqueCotton velvet, cotton plain weave, silk plain weave, glass beads, metallic sequins
DimensionsHeight x width: 14.6 × 16.5 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift
Accession number2018.2982
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceGiven by John I. Smith, New York, to M. F. Richardson [see note]. 1995, sold by Alan Silberberg (dealer), Littleton, MA, to Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo, Rockingham, VT; 2018, sold by Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE: An undated inked inscription on the lining reads:“M.F. Richardson from [or for] John I. Smith, NY.”
NOTE: An undated inked inscription on the lining reads:“M.F. Richardson from [or for] John I. Smith, NY.”
1845-1855
1890-1910
1845-1855
1980s
