Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1959.19.1

Description

Silk dress consisting of an attached bodice and skirt. The dress is made from a plaid silk, with brown horizontal stripes and white-and-pink vertical stripes on a cream-colored ground. The bodice is fitted with six diagonal darts angled toward the center front. The bodice opens in the center front and is secured by hooks and eyes beneath a center row of buttons. The sleeves are in two parts: a net undersleeve, and a shorter, pagoda-style oversleeve in self fabric. The center front of the skirt is decorated with a complex design of triangular fabric panels connected at the points with buttons.

Context

Worn by Mary Ann Smith for her marriage to Carleton Stevens in Vergennes, VT, October 6, 1846

Acquisition

Accession

1959.19

Source or Donor

Strong, Nellie Donaldson (1873-1957)

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Size

30" waist

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1846

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

Stevens, Mary Ann Smith (1816-1893)

Related Places

Place

City

Vergennes

County

Addison County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America