Name/Title
Wedding EnsembleEntry/Object ID
CW 758 a-cDescription
Wedding Gown. Wedding gown ensemble including satin dress; separate train; and veil. All excellent condition. 1915.
CW 758 a Wedding dress; white satin; trimmed with rose point lace and pearls.
CW 758 b Train of white satin.
CW 758 c Veil.
Veil worn by:
Lucy Smyth - Cooper 1884 (dress is 65-104)
Emily B. Smyth - Janney 1884
Frances C. Smyth - Chambers 1888
Edith B. Longstreth - Wood 1912
Emily Smyth Cooper - Johnson 1915
The veil was likely reworked for Emily Smyth Cooper-Johnson's 1915 wedding, as the pearls match her dress and were likely added.
Emily Smyth Cooper was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915.
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Camden, New JerseyProvenance
Notes
Gown ensemble worn by:
Lucy Smyth - Cooper 1884
Emily B. Smyth - Janney 1884
Frances C. Smyth - Chambers 1888
Edith B. Longstreth - Wood 1912
Emily Smyth Cooper - Johnson 1915
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.