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Wedding dress

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1962

GUSN

GUSN-244669

Description

Wedding gown, pale yellow organza with cream taffeta underskirt. Bateau neckline with beaded lace insert; net overshirt with beaded lace accents and lace trim. Basque waist; A-line skirt; back bow accent; and long fitted net illusion sleeves with button cuffs. Stiff net crinoline attached to underskirt lining. Chapel train.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wedding dresses
taffeta
machine lace
net (textile)
polyester
Gown, Wedding

Inscription

"Order No. 9585 / Style 12 / Size 507112 / Remarks [blank]" (printed)
"ABDL / 439416 / UNION LABEL / INT'L LADIES GARMENT / WORKERS UNION / AFL - CIO / ILGWU" (printed)

Additional Identification Number

66.4

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

2010.17.4.1

Date

1962 (Worn by Virginia Ramsdell for her wedding to Vasilios Theodore William Vasiliou on March 10, 1962.)

Places

United States

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