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Stomacher
English
18th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (tafetta) embroidered with silk and metal-wrapped yarns, silk plain weave binding tape, and linen plain weave lining
Dimensions
23.9 x 25.5 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/16 in. )
Credit Line
Gift of John Grew
Accession Number43.123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceStomacher of wife of John Grew, gentleman (1711-1784) of Birmingham, England, where he lived and died. Given by his great granddaughter, Louisa Green of Birmingham England to Henry Grew of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, his great grandson in 1872.