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Woman's mourning fichu
Woman's fichu
Woman's mourning fichu
Elizabeth Hyslop (Sumner) (American, 1757–1810)
English, worn in America
late 18th century
Object Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: Nottingham, England (net)
Medium/Technique
Silk machine-made point net
Dimensions
Overall: 49.2 x 169 cm (19 3/8 x 66 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.1004
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack silk net fichu; triangular, seam at center back
ProvenanceAccording to family history, worn at the end of the 18th century by Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner (1757-1810), wife of Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner (1746-1799), after his death; Inherited by Elizabeth Hyslop Sumner's great-ganddaughter 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