Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.050
- Date:
- circa 1907
- Description:
- Wedding dress. White silk chinasilk dress with princess waist, elbow-length sleeves puffed very full; bordered with embroidered bands and chiffon ruffles (ruching). Sleeves draped with silk with embroidered borders. Center front of bodice has horizontal tucking and embroidered chevrons. High stiff collar of embroidered silk, bordered with chiffon ruffle. Back has vertical tucking and slight train. Silk taffeta lining.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- Worn by Leah Spencer Davis (Mrs. Fred Davis), who was married in St. Johnsbury, VT, March 6, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were for a long time caretakers at the Profile House in Franconia Notch, NH. She died December 14, 1958. This appears to be her wedding dress.
Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
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