Dress, Wedding

Object Name:

Dress, Wedding

Object ID:

2002.020 a-b

Creator:

Hodge, Sarah M. (1845-1921)

Place of Origin:

Wolfeboro, NH

Date:

1902

Description:

Wedding Dress Worn by Mina Hodge (1875-1945), Wolfeboro, NH, 1902. Cream-colored cotton, silk and satin. Bodice is cotton lawn lined with silk, waistband lined with cotton, cuffs lined with silk, sleeves unlined. Pintuck pleats run vertically down center of front, all of back, outside of sleeves except at elbows. Some pintucks trimmed with satin ribbon. Ribbon trim also around cuffs and neck.Cotton lace, probably handmade bobbin lace, around neck. Front closure with eight metal hooks and eyes inside, one hook missing and two hooks are replacements. Six small rings made up of eight glass "diamonds" in metal setting along outside of front closure. Hole in back near neck. Skirt top layer is of cotton lawn decorated with vertical rows of pintuck pleats, ruffle at bottom with rows of satin ribbon trim horizontally around top and bottom or ruffle. Silk layer underneath also has ruffle at bottom with two rows of horizontal ribbon trim at bottom edge. Stiff, silk-covered fabric underneath ruffle. Lined with cotton, gathered at waist, one metal hook and eye closure at waist. Top cotton lawn layer longer than silk underlayer.
a-bodice
b-skirt

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Silk
Satin
Glass

Dimensions:

L-42 inches

Provenance:

Donor is great-granddaughter of Mina Hodge Avery (1875-1945). Probably made by Sarah M. Hodge (1845-1921), Mina's mother, who owned a dressmaking shop in Wolfeboro, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Avery Family, Wolfeboro, NH

People:

Hodge, Mina (1875-1945), Hodge, Sarah M. (1845-1921), Avery, J. Clifton (1874-1953)