Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 84

Description

Wedding dress. White satin; full pleated skirt; round, rather high waist with self-belt; V of pleating in front of waist; short, puffed sleeves; décolleté.

Made/Created

Date made

1831

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn by Frances Clark on her marriage to Thomas Tatnal Lea, November 7, 1831. Donor: Sarah Wistar Perot Lea, June 25, 1932.