Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.957 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Description:
- Wedding dress. Cream silk twill, fitted and boned, bust padding. Pointed front and back, roll-back collar, metal lace inside. Heavy embroidered net in cream and brown around neck and down fronts, sleeves with same metal and lace trim, lined with cotton twill. Large full pleated skirt, padded, wide embroidered lace panel at front, small bustle, long train, pleated ruffle, front stiff under ruffle with lace. Stiffened linen petticoat. Skirt in poor condition at top. Silk and carding lace, linen and gold lace. Skirt has boning.
A. Top
B. Skirt - Material:
- Textile
Silk
Skeletal - Provenance:
- Wedding outfit of Mary I. Walker, June 1885, mother of Miss Laura Lee Whitefield.
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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