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Dress
American, English textile
1770–80
Object Place: America
Medium/Technique
Silk damask
Dimensions
Center back: 166.4 cm (65 1/2 in.)
Other (sholder to hem): 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.)
Other (textile, selvedge to selvedge): 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Other (sholder to hem): 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.)
Other (textile, selvedge to selvedge): 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Anne Winslow
Accession Number59.647
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCafè-au-lait silk damask. Bodice back has stitched-down pleat, elbow-length sleeves. Square neck. Skirt front edges and sleeves trimmed with brown and cream fly fringe. Bodice and sleeves lined with cream linen. Believed to have been worn by Mrs. Samuel Winslow.
ProvenanceBelieved to have been worn by Mrs. Samuel Winslow. Gift of Miss Anne Winslow to MFA, 1959.