Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 127

Description

Wedding gown of heavy white silk. Fitted bodice laced in the front. Shirred net sleeves and folds of net over low neck. Skirt heavily pleated at back, fawning into long train and bustle. Shoes, soft kid.

Made/Created

Date made

1888

Time Period

19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: Worn at the marriage of Elizabeth Inskeep Church to William Morris Longstreth. Donor: Mrs. Stanley Pearson, September 1950.