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Wedding Dress

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1852-1854

GUSN

GUSN-45665

Description

Cream silk moire wedding gown with dotted ground. High neck edged with net. Short sleeves with piping and trimmed with scalloped silk lace. Bodice is boned and lined with cotton twill and hook and eye closure to waist. Cartridge pleats all around at waist. Skirt lined with glazed cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wedding dresses
dresses (garments)
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating)
stitching
moiré
silk (textile)
tin (metal)
dots
weddings
Women's clothing
Silk
Moire
Cotton
Tin Glazed
Hand Stitched
Wedding
Dotted
Gown, Wedding

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1955.M5

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