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Wedding Dress

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1910-1937

GUSN

GUSN-11694

Description

Long sleeved gown with boat neck and mono-bosom silhouette. Back closure with sixteen buttons. Lace and silk bands alternate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wedding dresses
lace (needlework)
silk (textile)
Dress, Wedding
Dress, Wedding

Label

Dress first worn by Mary Bridget Hart for her marriage to Walter Vincent Mace on June 8, 1910 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Dress was worn without alteration by Suzanne Elizabeth Mace who was married to Allyn Arthur Leavis in Somerville, August 28, 1937.

People and Organizations

Mary Bridge Hart
Susan Elizabeth Mace

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Edith Leavis Bookstein

Accession Number

1997.13

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