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Textile length
English (Spitalfields)
1737
Object Place: Spitalfields, England
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary discontinuous silk wefts
Dimensions
Overall: 96.5 x 52.1 cm (38 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gertrude Sturgis Eaton via her daughter Katharine Eaton Dreier
Accession Number1992.244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPolychrome brocaded silk in naturalistic floral design on cream ground, orginally from a dress and petticoat.
ProvenanceThe Misses Sturgis, 63 Beacon Street, Boston; inherited by Gertrude Sturgis Eaton; inherited by her daughter, Katharine E. Dreier, gift to the MFA, 26 May 1992