Name/Title
Wedding EnsembleEntry/Object ID
CW 760 a-bDescription
Wedding gown ensemble.
CW 760 a Gown. Cream satin gown trimmed with duchesse and rose point lace; draped bodice; short sleeves; skirt with stitched pleats and uneven hem; cotton ruffle with lace edge sewn inside bust; pink velvet sash (may have been added later).
CW 760 b Matching guimpe (collar) may have been taken from an earlier dress.
Accompanied by a linen and lace handkerchief (CW 760 c) Handkerchief is not stored with gown.
Fair condition. As of 2/1985 satin is beginning to shatter. Circa 1912. Worn by Mary Mitchell Booth at her wedding June 26, 1912.
CW 760 a Gown
CW 760 b Collar
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsProvenance
Notes
The guimpe (from the French guimpe) was a garment which developed in medieval Western Europe. It was a linen cloth, often starched, which covered the neck and shoulders of the wearer, sometimes the entire chest as well.
(Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guimpe)