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English (Spitalfields)
1737
Object Place: Spitalfields, England

Medium/Technique Silk plain weave with supplementary discontinuous silk wefts
Dimensions Overall: 96.5 x 52.1 cm (38 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Gertrude Sturgis Eaton via her daughter Katharine Eaton Dreier
Accession Number1992.244
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPolychrome brocaded silk in naturalistic floral design on cream ground, orginally from a dress and petticoat.
ProvenanceThe Misses Sturgis, 63 Beacon Street, Boston; inherited by Gertrude Sturgis Eaton; inherited by her daughter, Katharine E. Dreier, gift to the MFA, 26 May 1992