Wedding Gown

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Gown

Entry/Object ID

CW 656

Description

Wedding Gown. White silk with caplet sleeves. White kid slippers; ribbed white silk stockings. Worn by Eliza Cooper Cope at her wedding to William Collins. Given by her great granddaughter, Miss Eleanor S. Wistar. Excellent Condition. Circa 1839. Transcribed from original accession record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Eliza Cooper Cope (1812-1880) at her wedding to William Collins. "Eliza Cope Collins married William Collins, son of Isaac and Margaret Collins, in 1839 . She was active in benevolent enterprises and especially in the anti-slavery cause." (Source: Haverford College Special Collections: http://library.haverford.edu/file-id-875)