Name/Title
Nina Harrison's Wedding DressEntry/Object ID
1982.4.1a-bDescription
a.) The bodice has a front placket closure with small frog closures. The collar is decorated with scroll braiding of the same material as the frogs. Long semi-fitted sleeves. Bodice has a longish peplum that is fairly loose fitting around waist.
b.) Skirt is A-line with gored seaming. Larger inverted triangular boxpleat at center back for fullness. The skirt was originally numbered 1982.4.2. For ease of cataloging and to keep the bodice and skirt more intimately connected we've given them the same number and separate letter designation.
Burn identification indicated protein fibers, silk is certainly one of the fibers, but the fabric could be a silk wool blend. The pest damage seems to be only in the warp or weft yarns and could indicate that the pests ate away at one of the fibers but left the other intact. The only way to truly determine which protein fibers are present is with a microscopy test as protein fibers burn in very similar ways. [Megan Huelman, 06/08/2013]Collection
Permanent CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Dress, WeddingNomenclature Sub-Class
Wedding ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Wedding, Colorado Milling and ElevatorRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Harrison, NinaProvenance
Notes
Note on donation agreement says this dress belonged to Nina Harrison, Merwin Harrison's mother, and to look at the Harrison family history file for more information.
Information found on old exhibit card:
Wedding Dress 1912. Worn by Nina Lee Cahail when she married Fred Harrison April 3, 1912, in Ogallah Kansas. The Harrisons came to Broomfield in 1916. Mr. Harrison was manager of the Colorado Milling and Elevator (located on the south-east corner of 120th and Olde Wadsworth) until 1941. On arrival here, the Harrison family lived in a tent for a year. Then they moved into the elevator feed warehouse. Later, a permanent home (located just east of the elevator and railroad tracks) was built for them. The elevator and house remain on the original sites.