Wedding Dress
Unknown American, American
1864-1868
White organdy and linen
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Chandler H. Foster, Class of 1915
47.16.16724
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Exhibition History
Crinoline Dresses of the 1860s, Rotunda, Hopkins Center, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January-March 1985.
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.
Women's Clothing and Accessories: 1800-1930, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss, Barrows and Rotunda Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 7,1979-January 27, 1980.
Provenance
Chandler Hunting Foster (Class of 1915, 1893-1979), North Andover, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1946.
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