Wedding Gown

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Gown

Entry/Object ID

CW 841 a-b

Description

Wedding ensemble, including wedding bodice; wedding skirt; groom's night shirt; and bride's wedding slippers. Items were worn by the donor's mother, Margaret R. Armstrong, and the groom, Andrew G. Somer, at their wedding on June 6, 1889, at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 6th Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1889. Condition not given. CW 841 a Bodice. Wedding bodice; cream corded silk. CW 841 b Skirt. Wedding skirt; cream corded silk. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Items were worn by the donor's mother, Margaret R. Armstrong, and the groom, Andrew G. Somer, at their wedding on June 6, 1889, at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 6th Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.