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1825–1900
Length x width: 27.9 x 20.3 cm (11 x 8 in.)
Framed: 33 x 21.6 cm (13 x 8 1/2 in.)
Printed paper, silk plain weave, with applied silk ribbon, metal frame
Classification: Fashion illustration
Culture: American
Accession number: 2011.501
Description: Framed c.1825 fashion plate titled "Sea Side Dress", set in an oval goldtone frame and surrounded by cream ribbed silk embroidered with polychrome ribbon work in a floral pattern. Framing probably dates later, circa 1900.
Provenance/Ownership History: 1994, by inheritence to an anonymous collector from her mother; 2011, gift of anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Anonymous gift