Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1945.027.02
- Date:
- 1890
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Cream colored silk satin and damask with Brussels linen lace trim. Silk damask panel and sleeves, yoke and sleeves with thread lace. Boned and fitted bodice. Very long cream satin train, stiffening in train. Lined throughout with white cotton sateen.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Worn by Delorious Treveno Chamberlain (1857-1928) at her 1890 wedding to George McDuffee Brown (1864-1938) in Hartford, CT. Brown was the brother of the donor.
Delorious never lived in New Hampshire, but frequently visited. Her father, General Samuel Emery Chamberlain, fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne B. Leacock
- People:
- Chamberlain, Delorious T. (1857-1928), Brown, George M. (1864-1938), Leacock, Anne B. (1870-1954)
- Subjects:
- Weddings, Wedding clothing & dress
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