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Dress, Wedding

Object Name:
Dress, Wedding
Object ID:
1961.045.01
Place of Origin:
Goshen, CT
Date:
1825
Description:
Wedding Dress, two pieces. Hand made by wearer, Harriet (Sherman) Bouton, Concord, NH.
Material:
Textile
Provenance:
Notes with dress: "dress of Miss Harriet Sherman, Goshen, Conn., who married the Rev. Nathaniel Bouton of Concord, N.H. at age 18, Sept. 11, 1825. She made dress herself. She was a great grand daughter of Roger Sherman."

Identified as a petticoat in 2005.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elizabeth H. Webster
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