Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1957.033.05
- Place of Origin:
- Hampton Falls, NH
- Date:
- 1746
- Description:
- Several fragments of silk, stitched together into a bundle. From the wedding dress of the second Mrs. Meshech Weare (married 1746). Woven with satin stripes of cream on background of warp-printed purple/cream in a warp-faced plain weave structure; a cream brocaded figure of a stylized floral motif also appears in some of the fragments. One fragment consists of the remains of a pinked scalloped edge, clearly from a ruffle that probably edged the front of the gown originally.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Typed note with object: "Pieces of wedding dress of Mrs. Weare, married 1746". "2d" is written above "Mrs."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Goodhue
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