Wedding dress
Date1880-1885
Location where usedBurlington, Vermont, United Stated
MediumTextile
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Norman Stevens
Object number1953.1.1-3
DescriptionThree-piece wedding dress of gray silk taffeta and gray silk moire. Basque bodice of taffeta has collar of moire, three-quarter sleeves edged in shirred moire and lace ruffles, and two trailing pleated segments of moire attached at lower edge of center back bodice. Lower edge of center back bodice trimmed with a flat band of the same lace as used for ruffles at edges of sleeves. Bodice closes at center front with white pearl buttons. It is lined in glazed, brown cotton twill.Three-piece wedding dress of gray silk taffeta and gray silk moire. The skirt has a row of knife-pleated moire at the hem. The front of the skirt is of taffeta, shirred and pleated. The back of the skirt is of moire as is the draped overskirt in front, which is edged in the same lace a that on the bodice. The black drapery is of taffeta. It is lined in brown-glazed cotton. It closes at the left side back.
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1868-1872
c. 1855
c. 1855
1885
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c. 1880
c. 1850
1880s