Advanced Search
Woman's redingote
Requires Photography
Woman's pelisse
Woman's redingote
Worn by: Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)
possibly French, worn in America
1820–25
Place of Manufacture: possibly France; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (crepe), silk plain weave lining, wool fleece filling, metal hooks and eyes, metal wire fringe
Dimensions
Center Front: 135.9 cm (53 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.878
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuff-colored silk crepe pelisse, inset waistband, narrow stand-up collar, gathered long sleeves finished with self-fabric piping (widened at later date), center front hook and eye closures, cream silk lining and wool fleece filling, slight fullness gathered at back of skirt (widened at later date), skirt finished with self-fabric belt with two buff and green and metallic rosettes with twisted wire fringe with white balls
InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label: "Worn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin) Welles (1784-1826) of Boston in Paris 1820-1825."
ProvenanceWorn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin Welles) (1784-1826) of Boston; Inherited by her granddaughter Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949