Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1959.031.07 a-d
- Date:
- 1897
- Description:
- Wedding Dress of Nellie Kent Cushing, Lancaster, N.H., 1897. Cream-color silk taffeta. Alternating bands of tucks and linen lace, edged with satin ribbon, opened at back. Three-quarter sleeves with deep ruffle. Blouse very full at front. White satin rosettes at each shoulder and white satin sash with rosette and streamers. Long white skirt. Three rows of ruffles at hem. Full taffeta petticoat lined with white glazed cotton plainweave and stiffening at hem. Skirt and petticoat fasten at side of back. Linen organdy petticoat.
a--top
b--skirt
c--petticoat
d--sash - Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Provenance:
- Worn by Nellie Kent Cushing, Lancaster, NH, 1897.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barbara C. Jenkins
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