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1804
GUSN-10300
Pieces of wedding dress. Indian muslin embroidered in stripes of foliate patterns in white cotton thread. Pieces of pink silk. Underdress/ slip.
wedding dresses
fragments
dresses (garments)
embroidering
muslin
silk (textile)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
stripes
weddings
Dress
Muslin
Embroidered
Foliate
Striped
Silk
Wedding
Women's Clothing
Dress
""Originally belonged to/ Betsey Williams, grandmother/ Weld's only sister and sister to/ Uncle Moses Williams./ Aunt Betsey Everett had it/ made-over and wore it to parties over/ the pink silk [tie?], or blue satin."" From larger note: ""The clothing/ belonged to Betsey. The large piece/ of embroidered muslin was a/ piece of her wedding dress, with/ a bit of pink silk from the slip/ worn under it./ She gave them to Gertrude Clark Arnold, who/ gave them to me.""
Unknown
1995.79.1D
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