Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 158

Description

Wedding dress of brown and green plaid taffeta. Full plain skirt for hoop. Waist very typical—round neck, long shoulder line, free sleeves. Fan used in box with dress. Also trousseau parasol.

Made/Created

Date made

1866

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn by Louise Landau on marriage to Joseph Bloomfield Osborne, 1866. Donor: Dr. Roy F. Nichols, by Miss A.R. Masland, through Miss Frances Wister.