Wedding dress, strapless with lace overlay across bust, around hips, and on edges of the train. Fabric covered buttons down back, zipper closure.
wedding dresses
silk (textile)
polyester
lace (needlework)
Gown, Wedding
"PRISCILLA/OF BOSTON/12/SHELL: 100% SILK/LINING:/100% POLYESTER/MADE IN USA/RN 18258" (printed)
"Class/Style/1725-0053/SIZE BR COLOR DIM/12 00 IVORY 000/VEN#TIC VEN STYLE E/0073 DANNIULFIL/PB DANNI POB 208 DRES/$4375.00" (printed)
"The irregularities and variations/in the texture and color of this fabric are/characteristic of the fabric adding to it's [sic] natural/beauty and is in no way considered as defective" (printed)
401.1
836
Priscilla of Boston (Maker)
Charlestown, MA, USA
Gift of Priscilla of Boston
2012.46.1
Massachusetts (United States)
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