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Woman's mourning cap
Woman's cap
Woman's mourning cap
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner) (American, 1757–1810)
American
late 18th to early 19th century
Object Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: England (gauze); Place of Manufacture: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States (lace)
Medium/Technique
Silk embroidered gauze, silk lace (trim) and ribbon
Dimensions
47 x 32 cm (18 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.) measured flat on side for storage including ties
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.1003
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack embroidered gauze and lace mourning cap, black silk band and ribbon ties. (Lace trim probably made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and embroidered gauze probably made in England)
ProvenanceMay have been worn in the 18th century by Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner (1757-1810), wife of Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner (1746-1799); Inherited by Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner's great-ganddaughter 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