Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 162

Description

Wedding gown of soft tan silk. Trimming of small ruffles and corded bias bands. Long sleeves, high neck. Overskirt and skirt with trimming of bound pointed scallops.

Made/Created

Date made

1873

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Katie Rebman Sommer to her 1873 wedding. Was born in Germany and brought to the US in 1851. Donor: Mrs. Howard Smith.