Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1959.053.02 a-b
- Date:
- 1867
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Dress and cape of tan, flecked with shiny brown--warp fibers silk, weft fibers wool, twill weave. Boned and fitted bodice, buttoned down front, drop-shoulder sleeves, with band of brown silk taffeta ribbon near shoulder and on cuff. Full skirt, pleated and slightly longer at back. Bodice lined with cotton twill, check taffeta lining at neck, skirt hem tape, about 6 inches glazed cotton hem lining. Hip-length cape with full sleeves band of brown silk taffeta around bottom and down front.
a--dress
b--cape - Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Worn by mother of donor, Susan M. Calef, 1866, Plainfield, NH. Married Joseph H. Fellows. Gift of Mrs. Clarence Cole, Meriden, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary F. Cole
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