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Drawstring bag
Worn by: Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)
American
1815–26
Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk satin with silk embroidery and cords
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 20.3 cm (8 1/4 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.992
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDark blue drawstring bag with green cord drawstring handles with tassels, symmetrical floral embroidery at top in polychrome silk (pink rose blossoms and buds, and yellow and white blossoms on brown stems), rouched panel through center, self-piping at sides, gathers around tear-shaped wire or bow at bottom sides, light brown silk lining
InscriptionsWritten in ink on cloth label sewn inside object: "Mrs. B. Welles of Boston [Mehetable Sumner Welles (1784-1826)], Marked by her grandaughter G. W. Sagent 1906"
ProvenanceProbably belonged to Mehetable Sumner Welles (1784-1826); Inherited by her granddaughter 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