Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1950.3a-d

Description

Brown silk dress with full, long sleeves and a slightly raised waist. The skirt portion has been detached from the bodice. The top of the sleeves are pleated with small knife pleats close to the wearer's arm, and the rest of the sleeve is left very loose, curving into the inner seam. The disassembled dress consists of a bodice, a skirt (waist band replaced), a capelet, and a belt.

Context

Worn by Olivia Blodgett Carpenter of Burlington, VT, for her wedding

Acquisition

Accession

1950.3

Source or Donor

Blodgett, Mary R.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1835 - 1840

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress, Wedding

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Wedding Objects

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Carpenter, Olivia Blodgett (1811-1841)

Related Places

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America