Dress, Wedding

Object Name:

Dress, Wedding

Date:

1870-1884

Material:

Silk satin, cotton, linen, silver, bone

Description:

80 1/4�. Silk satin, cotton, linen, silver, bone. Creme colored wedding dress of silk satin weave with floral embroidered brocade lined in cotton silk. The bodice collar is worn up so that silver white embroidery on the inside can be seen. The silk lined bodice is form fitting with 7 back 4 front darts which hold bone stays. The embroidered inset front panels are trimmed with piping have 16 round cloth covered buttons. Both sleeve areas (the sleeves are not on the dress but in pieces in marked bag) have shoulder pads of cotton cotton batting. The inner waist has a silk ribbed ribbon with 2 hook eye closures. The back of the bodice continues as the skirt back. It is box-pleated ends with a scoop train. The bottom is trimmed with 6 1/2� embroidered lace a band of 10� pleated starched linen. The underskirt is a separate garment with only the front half showing. The back is made of linen with 3 twill drawstring gathered rows. The front is constructed of two panels, one of the creme silk satin and the other a panel of the embroidered brocade. The two panels are loosely joined together by satin ribbon threaded through 4 sets of slit openings culminating in 3 large bows. The skirt�s bottom are two rows of pleated satin and a row of lace (different from the overskirt lace).

Provenance:

Descended in the family of the original owner. See donor file.

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Item Number:

1997.167

Accession Number:

1997.167

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Alice Decatur Armsden.

Participating Organization:

Strawbery Banke Museum