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

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ClassificationsCostumes

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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.”