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Woman's corset cover

American
1860s
Object Place: Massachusetts or New York, United States

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave trimmed with cotton bobbin lace
Dimensions Center front: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
Center back: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.906
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionWoman's white corset cover, bobbin lace at neck, center front closure with buttonholes but missing buttons
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