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Stomacher
Italian
1740-1750
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave embroidered with silk; paper wrapped with metallic thread
Dimensions
29.9 x 28 cm (11 3/4 x 11 in. )
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite silk taffeta embroidered with polychrome silk and gilt-silver yarns. Design of seated woman, fruit backets at top sides, birds at bottom sides, flowers between, Piecing and seams at sides and base indicate recutting. White figured silk lining; white silk binding. Ref.: Seligman and Hughes, Domestic Needlework, Pl. 28D.
Provenance1943, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873 - d. 1957), Chicago, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 14, 1943)