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Wedding dress with matching cape (dress)
American
1839
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk damask, silk covered buttons, cotton twill lining, padding, metal boning, and metal hook and eye closure
Dimensions
139.5 x 86 cm (54 15/16 x 33 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harry B. Parmelee, in memory of her husband, Harry B. Parmelee
Accession Number50.2705a
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDress worn by Elizabeth Richards at her marriage to John S. Parmelee in Newport, New Hampshire, January 19, 1839. Wedding dress of light gray green figured silk having all-over small dot and powder of two different stylized blossoms; bodice fitted and boned coming to V at waistline at center front, hooked down center back, bodice front trimmed with folds of self material and row of self covered small buttons, V neck, leg-of-mutton sleeves with top fullness caught down by lines of piping and self covered buttons, skirt full all the way around with fullness in pleats in front and on sides, in gathers center back; (b) matching short round shoulder cape; bodice lined with unbleached heavy cotton twill; skirt faced with cream colored cotton, and cape lined with cream colored cotton.