Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 94

Description

Quaker wedding dress of soft white taffeta; low neckline; pointed waist, fitted; sleeves puffed in tiers; skirt long and full.

Made/Created

Date made

1841

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Sarah Wharton at her marriage to Abraham Barker, June 3, 1841. Parents of Deborah Wharton Barker (Mrs. Edward Mellor).