Name/Title
Dress, WeddingEntry/Object ID
2018.426Description
Two Piece Satin Wedding Dress
worn by Margaret Loper Rathbone, Grand-daughter of Richard Fanning Loper, on her marriage to George Busse 1885
Bodice-a
machine made with handsewn button holes, front closure with 6 plastic shank buttons (one missing), cotton fabric lining, V neckline, double metal boning, 2 inch skirt at waist
bobbin lace handsewn to neck edge and armscye
Skirt-b
6 panel skirt with back closure, the panels vary in with, the largest being 25 1/2 inches wide, the hem varies frorm 5 1/2 -8 1/2 inches, back opening is not centered with any of the panelsCollection
Textile/Loper