Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Wedding Gown, two piece satin striped silk dress (c. 1883) #36

#36





Wedding Gown, two piece satin striped silk dress, deep lace ruffle on neckline of long basque and on 18th century style panniers. (c. 1883) 

Donor: Bessie Kingman. Worn by her mother, Mary Pratt Dunham of Brockton, Massachusetts, at her marriage to Henry Martin Kingman in 1883.