Showing posts with label damask. Show all posts
Showing posts with label damask. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Wedding Gown, gold silk damask dress (c. 1875) #257

#257





Wedding Gown, gold and ecru damask dress with side panels of ecru pleated ruffles, lace jabot. (c. 1875)





Donor: Mrs. Robert Northrop (her grandmother's wedding dress).

Wedding gown, mocha silk faille dress (c. 1880) #141


#141





Wedding gown, mocha silk faille dress, orange damask panel and orange bobble trim. (c. 1880)

Donor: Mrs. F. Beardsley Foster. The bride, Adele Hughes Rush, wore this dress in 1880 for her second marriage to Mr. Quintard. 

Monday, December 15, 2014

Wedding gown, white and silver damask dress (c. 1890) #97

#97






Wedding gown, white and silver damask dress with cream faille at bodice and French inspired high-backed train. (c. 1890)



Donor: Mrs. J. Hoban Harris.  Worn by her grandmother, Minnie Farthing, at her marriage to John T. Steele.