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Dress, Wedding

Object Name:
Dress, Wedding
Object ID:
1949.022.03 a-d
Date:
1873
Description:
Wedding Dress. White linen organdy (stiffened) wedding gown fashioned with separate bodice, two sections of skirt, gauze petticoat. Elaborately trimmed with puffs and ruffles, fashioned to go over bustle.

a--bodice
b--petticoat
c--petticoat
d--overskirt
Material:
Textile
Provenance:
Worn by Emma Fuller Pomeroy Lord (1848-1931) of Hanover, NH (Mrs. John K. Lord). John K. Lord was a professor at Dartmouth and acting President before the election of President Tucker.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Children of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lord
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