Wedding Dress

Unknown American, American

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about 1881

Ivory satin and white satin brocade, satin ruffle, tissue paper, ball buttons covered with mesh, organdy pleated dust-ruffle trimmed with lace

Overall: 22 7/16 in. (57 cm)

Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Elizabeth H. and Henry Morris Burrows

181.26.26925

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Textiles and Costumes

Not on view

Exhibition History

Dressed in White: Bridal Dresses from the Williams Costume Collection, Friends and Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 23-June 26, 1988.

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