Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 101 A-D

Description

Cream taffeta wedding dress. Full gored skirt, pleats at back. Fitted waist, shirred chiffon yoke finished with braid trimmed panels, lace over shoulders, high collar. Long, tight sleeves. Shoes, fan, petticoats, 2 silk men’s hankies. [A—Bodice; B—Skirt; C,D—Shoes]

Made/Created

Date made

1897

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn by Mary Tuttle Larkin at marriage to George Reid Meloney, March 10, 1897. Donor: Miss Anna R. Meloney (daughter), 1948.