Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1970.022.01
- Date:
- 1825-1830
- Description:
- Wedding Dress of Sarah Ham. White silk taffeta dress, wide stripes of design in browns, reds, greens, yellow and pink (brocading yarn on warp). Narrow, fitted bodice opened down front. Folded, narrow band of silk braid applied either side of front rounding from waist to sleeve, and same trim around armhole. Elbow length sleeve with wide ruffle and bands with narrow handmade silk on net lace. Skirt pleated onto a white cotton waistband (originally to bodice), hanging straight to floor. Glazed linen plainweave lining, 6 inches of cotton plainweave skirt hem lining. Addition of linen waistband could be from 1850s.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Linen
Cotton - Provenance:
- Note on dress: "Wedding dress of Sarah Ham, Great Aunt of Mrs. Sarah Downs, who died 1915 aged 83."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Stella Thompson
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