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Ribbon

about 1800–20
Place of Manufactureprobably England or France
Place of UseLexington, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave with metallic (probably silver) warp threads, clipped supplementary weft
DimensionsOverall: 24.8 x 12.7 cm (9 3/4 x 5 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen A. Stone
Accession number98.1724a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceMiss Ellen A. Stone; Gift to the MFA, December, 1898
Sewing case
second half of the 18th century
Group shot: 2009.4211.1-3
Oscar de la Renta
late 20th century
about 1800–20
about 1815
Berrus Freres
about 1867
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Textile fragment
early 19th century
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late 19th century/early 20th century