Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1996.028.09
- Date:
- 1882
- Description:
- Dress. White wool. With dance card dated June 14, 1882. Top has sleeves to elbow length, with pleated front and lace trim. Long tails extend in a V at back. Heavy skirt is pleated in several layered rows.
Dance card is bound at spine by red string, which also attaches round orange pencil by metal cap and ring. Point broken off. Lists order of music and dances, with credit for organizers in the back. - Material:
- Textile
Wool - Provenance:
- Said to have been worn by Winifred L. Goss (1875-1960) at wedding of Lane W. Goss (b. 1933) in 1958.
From the Demeritt / Goss House in Madbury, NH, containing items from the Demeritt, Goss, and Woodworth families. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Lane W. Goss and Georgia Goss Drew
- Subjects:
- Weddings, Wedding clothing & dress, Dances, Dance cards
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