Cloth Fragment

2000.2.1 unfolded with identif: Copyright: Carlyle House Historic Park
2000.2.1 unfolded with identif

Copyright: Carlyle House Historic Park

Name/Title

Cloth Fragment

Entry/Object ID

2000.2.1

Description

Silk Fragment; c. 1740, Green, Yellow, Burgundy, Pale Pink, and Silver Floral Pattern on Blue Background. Allegedly part of Sarah Fairfax's wedding dress in the late 1740s; current sleeve part of dress as it was remade in the 1790s. Once thought to be English, research in 2008 identified the piece as Continental Europe (poss. French).