Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 2024.037.02
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1854
- Description:
- Dress. Brown linen dress with round brass buttons and and a separate overskirt.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-55 W-32 inches
- Provenance:
- Dress descended in the family of Harriet Osborne Rolfe (1824-1909). Harriet Osborne and William Rolfe married on August 10, 1854 at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, England and departed for New York on October 16, 1854 aboard the clipper ship Ocean Queen. . According to family lore the dress was worn by Harriet Osborne Rolfe (1824-1909) at her wedding in England in 1854 and then brought to Colebrook, NH, when the couple immigrated to the U.S. later that year.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Banister Family
- People:
- Rolfe, Harriet (1824-1909)
- Subjects:
- Marriage, Wedding costume, Wedding clothing and dress, Weddings
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