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Apron
Worn by: Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop) (American, 1719–1792)
American
mid-18th century
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave embroidered with silk and gold and silver metal threads
Dimensions
60 x 104 cm (23 5/8 x 40 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.1002
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionApron embroidered with symmetrical embroidered design of flowers, leaves, and berries along sides and across bottom; large flower at center flanked by a pair of birds
InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label originally sewn to apron (now in object folder): "Apron, probably worn by Elizabeth (Hyslop) Sumner [1757-1810] about 1775-80. Marked 1906 by her great grandaughter Georgiana Welles Sargent"
ProvenanceOriginally thought to have been worn by Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner (1757-1810); More likely worn by her mother, Mehetable Stoddard Hyslop (1719-1792) of Boston, who married William Hyslop in 1750; Inherited by her great-great-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