Maud Parker Wedding Suit

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Maud Parker Wedding Suit

Entry/Object ID

C112

Description

Woman's suit (jacket, blouse, skirt), spats

Use

Wedding

Context

Worn at Maud Parker's wedding to Arthur Bennett Bullard.

Collection

Costume Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Codman, Ann Bullard

Notes

Comments: Belonged to Maude Parker (1878-1956). Worn at her wedding to Arthur Bennett Bullard.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Textile Details

Fabric

Velvet, Lace

Color

Steel Blue, Blue

Notes

Steel blue - Jacket: fitted at waist with peplum - 3/4 sleeves very full puff - trimmed in velvet - heavy lace panel insert at bodice front.

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Blouse

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Chiffon, Lace

Notes

Blouse: lace and chiffon panel inserts - hooked in back - round collar.

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Skirt

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Velvet

Notes

Skirt: long - very full - tucks around velvet band waist. Metal patterned buttons - lining in jacket. Material: Fine wool - satin lining.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1906

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

C25a

Condition

Reason for Exam

Post Exhibit

Date Examined

Mar 5, 2026

Notes

Numerous moth holes in folds of sleeves and skirt; right.sleeve top folds, mid right., left Fade streaks in various areas of jacket and skirt, particularly along folds. Pinked cutting of hem raw edge plus fagot stitching on hem to close folded edges and trim under collar. Blouse: full view front, left side collar wire detail is loose, insect jewelry brooch, satin cord, lace panel, sleeve. lace sleeve tassels, lace at top of sleeve, right side collar wire right sleeve lace tear near tassel, right sleeve left front chiffon chiffon over net 5 pin holes, right front lower bodice edge separated form chiffon band, Blouse back: right side hole in chiffon, right side sleeve lace band is split, eye missing on second hook at collar, full back view, Filene's Boston 3/5/26..

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Apr 2019

Examined By

Collection Committee

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bullard, Maud Theresa (Parker), Bullard, Arthur Bennett

Notes

Belonged to Maude Parker (1878-1956). Worn at her wedding to Arthur Bennett Bullard.

Exhibition

Red, White, and “I do”

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Maud Parker's Wedding Suit On view is the elegant steel blue wedding suit worn by Maud Parker (1878-1956) at her marriage to Arthur Bennett Bullard in 1906. Maud was the only daughter of Ely S. Parker, a distinguished Seneca leader who served as General Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary during the Civil War and famously penned the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. When Grant became president, he appointed Parker as the nation's first Native American Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Maud's mother was Minnie Orton Sackett, whose 1867 marriage to Parker caused a sensation in the nation's capital, with Grant himself serving as best man. After their wedding, Maud and Arthur settled in his hometown of Wayland, Massachusetts. Following the death of Minnie's second husband James Van Rensselaer in 1899, she joined the couple in Wayland, living with them until her death in 1932. She is buried in Wayland's North Cemetery. The collection includes several garments from Maud's wardrobe, donated by her daughter Ann Bullard Codman.