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1901

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2022

2025

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Photograph, Riding Ensemble with Skirt, Jodhpurs, and Knee-High Gaiters

This is a Photograph. It is dated ca. 1896. Its medium is wool, silk, cotton, leather. It is a part of the department.

As accomplished equestrians and design enthusiasts, Sarah and Eleanor were always attired in fashionable riding habits.

It is credited Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brookln Museum, 2009; Gift of the Princess Viggo in accordance with the wishes of the Misses Hewitt, 1931, 2009.300.640a–g.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Sarah & Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum.

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