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Visiting Card, Sarah Hewitt

This is a Visiting Card. It was subject: Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is dated 1890. Its medium is reproduction. It is a part of the department.

Sarah is photographed in a walking suit designed by Maison Worth. The sisters were practical when attending fittings. Maison Worth had a stepladder available so that Sarah and Eleanor could test out the garments they would be wearing during their work in the museum.

It is credited Ringwood Manor.

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

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