Spitalfields

Spitalfields

Identifier
41.768b
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Lent by the Misses Howe, April 18, 1887 / Gift of Miss Lois Lilley Howe
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
22.2 cm (height)
16.6 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Ground: white satin, Design: large-scale tulips, rosebuds, and morning glories in blues, greens, pinks, purplish red and purplish pink. a) rectangular fragment with circular piece cut out (d.) Selvedge: a. has 2 selvedges present. b. and c. have 1 selvedge each present. Note: Believed to have been part of a costume worn by Lydia Hutchinson, born in 1723, daughter of Edward Hutchinson, Treasurer of Harvard College. These had been in the Museum since 1887, as the loan of the Misses Howe of Cambridge.