Gown, Wedding

wedding dress

wedding dress

Name/Title

Gown, Wedding

Entry/Object ID

2013.008.0001

Description

Wedding gown of candlelight silk satin and belgian lace with train, made for Isabelle Biddle for her marriage to Anthony Joseph Drexel Paul, both of Philadelphia, Pa. c 1910. She was the mother of Anne Paul Clark Alexander Owsley a summer resident of Dark Harbor for many years. The gown has puffed sleeves and a Gibson Girl neckline of lace inset into a bodice and gown of satin heavily embroidered and a train (c 4') heavily padded and weighted. It is probably size 2.