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Woman's skirt or petticoat

late 19th century
Medium/TechniquePlain weave linen patterned with weft floats (also called M's and O's), plain weave linen waistband and hem lining
DimensionsOverall: 98.4 x 87 cm (38 3/4 x 34 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen A. Stone
Accession number99.828
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceProbably worn by a member of the Robbins family; inherited by Ellen A. Stone; gift to MFA, 1899
Woman's petticoat
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner)
1770-1785
Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop)
1840s
About 1845
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
1820–25
about 1800–20
Group shot: 46.204a-b
Charles Frederick Worth
About 1888