Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 77

Description

Wedding dress. Surah silk. Soft cream with full front drapery of embossed white velvet embroidered in pearls; long train and bustle; long plain sleeves; square neck with lace. Veil, gloves, garters, kerchief.

Made/Created

Date made

1886

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn at wedding of S. Bertha Jones and John Berry; Haines St. Methodist Church. March 4, 1886. Donor: Unknown, 1944.