Woman's pelisse

Woman's redingote

Worn by: Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)

American

1820–25

Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Silk plain weave crepe patterned with warp floats, silk plain weave lining, wool fleece filling

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 Number49.879

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles

ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionGreen silk pelisse; hook-and-eye closure down center front with decorative self-fabric covered buttons; decorative self-fabric trim along center front and hem; gathers and pleats between two bands of piping at shoulders; gathers at waistband; long full sleeves with pleats at shoulders and self-fabric, triple-layered, piped ruffles at cuffs; lined with white silk lutestring and stuffed with wool fleece

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