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Dress, Wedding
Dress, Wedding

Dress, Wedding

Object number1984.007.01a-b
Date1875
MediumLace, Silk
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
    DescriptionWedding dress In two pieces - skirt and bodice.

    Bodice: Long sleeve, white/beige net lace with floral embroidery - rows mother of pearl buttons, 13 each row. Puffy fold of cloth between (like a sewn in jabot) Scalloped edge to bottom and cuffs, flared waist.

    Skirt: metal snap at waist, white lace with floral needlework, scalloped edge hem.

    Collar-5 1/2"
    Waist-18"
    Sleeve-18"Shoulders-14 1/2"

    Skirt length-37 1/2"
    Hem-53"
    Waist-13"

    Peacock blue silk jacket.
    Made in 1875 in Liverpool, England

    Status
    Not on view