Wedding Dress (two-pieces)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Wedding Dress (two-pieces)

Entry/Object ID

C154

Description

White - long sleeves with ruffle cuff - bodice lined - round collar - sash - over skirt - straight in front and gathered in back - hooks and eyes - two pieces - skirt lined (Skirt is in three parts: 1 petticoat, 1 skirt with pleated ruffle and 1 skirt with ruffle and tucks. May have been sewn together at one time.).

Use

Belonged to Miss Sarah Lovell's (Emily Mills) mother.

Context

Married on November 10, 1870, in Somerville.

Category

Wedding Dress

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Vokes Theater

Notes

Belonged to Miss Sarah Lovell's (Emily Mills) mother.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Bodice, Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Color

White

Fabric

Cotton

Color

White

Notes

Skirt is in three parts: 1 petticoat, 1 skirt with pleated ruffle and 1 skirt with ruffle and tucks. May have been sewn together at one time..

Made/Created

Date made

1870

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress, Wedding

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Wedding Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Lovell, Sarah Emily, Lovell, Emily Sarah

Provenance

Notes

Belonged to Miss Sarah Lovell's mother.

Exhibition

Red, White, and “I do”