Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 2018.005
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- circa 1750
- Description:
- Fragment said to be from the wedding dress of Frances Deering Wentworth (1745-1813), wife of Governor John Wentworth (1737-1820). Silk taffeta with floral brocade, probably woven in Spitalfields, London, England, c. 1750. Long, narrow piece with scalloped bottom edge. Cream-colored silk. One brocaded rose in red, pink, and green. Nine vertical bands with small brocaded flowers in blue and red. Applied sewn borders along top and bottom edges; red, white, and green tufts of silk floss with intertwined cording. Remnants of two rows of stitching where piece was sewn to dress.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-4 L-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated to the Vermont Historical Society in 1934 by Mary Grace Canfield of Woodstock, VT, "who was given it by a descendant." (1934.7.3)
Frances Deering first married Theodore Atkinson Jr. (1737-1769) in 1762. He died Oct. 28, 1769. Frances married John Wentworth two weeks later, on Nov. 11, 1769. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Vermont Historical Society
- Subjects:
- Wedding clothing and dress, Weddings
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