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Child's dress
American
first half of the 19th century
Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Coton plain weave with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
Center front: 50.2 cm (19 3/4 in.)
Center back: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
Center back: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.936
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChild's dress with square neckline with narrow collar with eyelet embroidery and stylized leaf motifs and scalloped edge, short puffed sleeves with embroidered dots at ends, four horizontal bands of pin tucks and three bands of embroidered dots along lower part of skirt, button closure at back of neck
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949