Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1965.080.01 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- 46 West 45th St., New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1894
- Description:
- Wedding Dress of Cora Frances Hill, 1894. Two-piece cream silk satin wedding gown. Bodice fitted, bust padded, front and back covered with gathered chiffon, high collar with Chiffon, 5 satin bands at waist ending with bows. Full three-quarter sleeves, tight below elbow (leg-o-mutton), orange blossoms at left shoulder, crinolin lining. Full, long satin skirt, train at back. Entire dress lined with white taffeta with ruffle at bottom of skirt.
a--top
b--skirt - Material:
- Textile
Silk - Provenance:
- Worn by Cora Frances Hill at her wedding to John Ingalls Monroe, 1894, at St. Paul's Church, Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Paul W. George
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