Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 81

Description

White taffeta, very full pleated skirt; pointed waist, decollete; short straight sleeves; laced in back.

Made/Created

Date made

1856

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn by Abby Clara Cooper (donor’s mother) of Trenton on December 18, 1856. Donor: Mrs. Thomas Lea Perot, 1936.