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Dress, Wedding

Object Name:
Dress, Wedding
Object ID:
1996.003.01
Date:
1874
Description:
Dress, wedding, worn by Mary C. McIntire Gleason, Lyndeboro, NH, 1874. From the family of Elizabeth and Lawrence Cutter, Mont Vernon, NH. Two-piece, full length, long sleeves, high neck. Light brown silk with dark brown trim and embellishment. Pleated front and back. Embroidered net sleeves and collar. Snap, hook and eye back closures on bodice and skirt. Bodice lined with cotton. Skirt not lined. Wool hem along skirt bottom.
(A) Bodice.
(B) Skirt.
Material:
Textile
Silk
Cotton
Wool
Provenance:
Worn by Mary C. McIntire Gleason, grandmother of donor (Elizabeth Morrison Cutter).
Credit Line:
Gift of Ellizabeth Morrison Cutter
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