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Slip cover for chair seat

Medium/TechniqueSilk moire and linen weaving with cotton fringe
Dimensions45.5 x 47 cm (17 15/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.757
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Cover
18th century
17th to mid-19th century
17th century
Fragment of camlet
late 18th–early 19th century
View: a,b,c
second half of the 18th century
18th century (?)
Cover
18th century
Dress
about 1865
18th century