http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/586267/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDress and petticoatabout 1735, restyled 1763Silk plain weave with discontinuous supplementary patterning weft; silk twill tape; linen bobbin laceRemodeled 1763. Silk: England (Spitalfields), design about 1735. Dark green silk with polychrome brocaded design of flowers, leaves, branches and fruit. Mid-18th-century linen bobbin lace stitched inside sleeve flounces and around neck. Open robe à l'anglaise and matching petticoat with deep flounce. Believed to have been worn by Mary Waters of Salem at her marriage to Anthony Sigourney of Boston in 1740. Also worn by their daughter, also named Mary Waters, for her marriage to James Butler in 1763. (Worn with 1990.514a, b). Condition: Petticoat good but fragile. Over dress (robe): good condition; left shoulder seam unstitched, back neck edge extremely worn.Costumes136.5200000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/535024/rdf