Name/Title
Off-white one-piece satin wedding gown of the King family, 1948Entry/Object ID
2003.63.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.63.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: 1948
OBJECT: GOWN, WEDDING
DESCRIPTION:
A ONE-PIECE GOWN OF OFF-WHITE-COLORED SATIN. NECKLINE HAS AN INSET OF OFF-WHITE GAUZE-LIKE MATERIAL TRIMMED IN MACHINE COLORED LACE ACCENTUATED WITH PEARLS. FLOOR LENGTH SKIRT SECTION HAS PANELS OF INSET MACHINE-MADE LACE. GOWN ALSO HAS A TRAIN.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
GOWN ORIGINALLY WORN BY LUCILE AT HER MARRIAGE TO BERT KING OF ALAMEDA ON AUGUST 8, 1948. THE WEDDING GOWN WAS PURCHASED IN SUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THE LATE MR KING WAS A MEMBER OF AN ALAMEDA FAMILY WHO CAME HERE IN THE EARLY 1900's. THE DRESS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY WORN BY THEIR DAUGHTER, JOAN KING-ANGELL, WHO WAS MARRIED AT TWIN TOWERS METHODIST CHURCH ON APRIL 26, 1975. JOAN'S SISTER, LINDA KING HUNT, WORE THE WEDDING GOWN ON JANUARY 9, 1982; HER CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.
DONOR:
LUCILE A KING
CATALOGED: JUNE 7, 2003
