Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1959.003.17 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Worn by Ruth Prescott (1792-1860), Danville, NH,1819. Black silk taffeta. Linen plainweave lining in bodice, glazed plainweave linen 8-inch skirt lining. Skirt attached to bodice, fastened in front with hooks. Long sleeves and shoulder cape of same material.
a--dress
b--capelet - Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Gown of Ruth Prescott, who married Elisha Batchelder in Danville, NH, in 1819. She was daughter of Simeon Prescott of Hampton Falls, NH. Born Oct. 19, 1792, died Salisbury Dec. 21, 1860. Elisha Batchelder, farmer, b. Danville, NH, July 14, 1796, d. Salisbury, Sept. 4, 1853. Moved to Sandown 1839, then to Salisbury in 1843. There were three children; the oldest son was Robert F. Bachelder, who married Lydia Scribner (her silk gown is 1959.003.18).
- Credit Line:
- GIft of Ruth P. Harrison
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