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Two pieces of fringe
American
late 18th to early 19th century
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 221.5 cm (3/4 x 87 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.1051a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTwo pieces of narrow fringe with straight, unknotted wefts; a few dark yellow threads sewn through across head (possibly from fabric to which it was originally attached)
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