Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1964.012.01 a-b
- Creator:
- McCreery, James & Company
Retailer - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1895
- Description:
- Wedding Dress of Amy Annis Mosher who married John S. Scales, Concord, N.H., 1895. Sold by James McCreery & Company, New York. White wool challais, two-piece. Jacket blouse trimmed with white silk taffeta and silk braid, neck, fronts and bottom piped with gold velvet and tabs. Three-quarter sleeves with wide ruffles of Valenciennes lace. Bottom of jacket edged with linen lace. Lined with white silk satin. Long skirt with tucked inserts to hips. Stitched band at bottom piped with satin. Lined with white silk taffeta and wide pleated ruffle at bottom.
a--skirt
b--bodice - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Silk - Provenance:
- Worn by Amy Annis Mosher of Concord, NH, at her wedding to John S. Scales, 1895.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxfield
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