Wedding Dress
Unknown American, American
1897-1899
Off-white silk faille wedding dress (bodice and skirt), trimmed with pearls and chiffon ruffles edged with satin ribbon.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Henry B. Williams
56.9.17953
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Inscriptions
"Fletcher, Boston"
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.
Provenance
Henry Bates Williams (1907-1987), Dartmouth Professor of English and Drama; given to present collection, 1956.
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