Dress, Wedding

Object Name:

Dress, Wedding

Object ID:

2000.012.01

Date:

1847

Description:

Dress. Blue silk. Lined with brown cotton in the bodice, and light blue polished cotton in the skirt and sleeves. Full-length dress. Round neck. Full-length tapered sleeves, with 2-layer shoulder caps which have scalloped edges. Skirt is gathered; bodice is smocked at the waist front panel. Pocket on front of skirt along seam, on right-hand side. Back closure with 15 brass hook & eye sets. White silk disks inserted at underarms. Baleen corset stays present: 3 in place, 1 missing. Skirt loops present.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Provenance:

Note from donor (great-granddaughter of Betsey and Stephen Roberts): "blue wedding gown and shoes to match worn by Betsey Carleton, daughter of Michael and Betsey Putnam Carleton of Haverhill, NH, married Stephen James Roberts of Roberts Hill, Claremont, NH, on Sept. 28 1847. She also wore it again on their 50th wedding anniversary.... These garments were collected ... and used as teaching tools for my Historic Costume and Design course at Hesser College in Manchester, NH."

Credit Line:

Gift of Anne Landini

People:

Carleton, Betsey (1824-1908)

Subjects:

Wedding