Wedding Dress
Unknown American, American
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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