Dress, Wedding
- Object Name:
- Dress, Wedding
- Object ID:
- 1971.055 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Wedding Dress. Two-piece, white wool challais plainweave dress, fitted, boned bodice, white silk satin front with green, red and white silk braid and wool piped with satin reverse. Pearl ball trim both sides of satin front. Same braid decor at back. Ruffled wool collar, long sleeves with full cap, tight sleeves with braid decor and ruffle. Lined with white cotton plainweave. Long skirt with slight train, fullness at back with extra fullness for bustle. Braid decoration front, near belt and three motifs at hem. Lined with white cotton plainweave and wide, wool band, hem tape.
a--bodice
b--skirt - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Satin
Silk
Cotton - Provenance:
- Wedding dress of donor's husband's family.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth White
- People:
- White
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