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Wedding dress
American
about 1840
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk satin, cotton lining, whalebone, metal hook & eye closures
Dimensions
37 x 61.5 cm (14 9/16 x 24 3/16 in.) flat for storage
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Mixter, Mrs. Samuel J. Mixter, and Mrs. Henry A. Morss, Jr.
Accession Number50.2364a-b
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWedding dress in two parts, of white satin; bodice (a) fitted, slightly pointed at front of waistline, hooked down center back, bodice front trimmed with self folds curving together to form point in center front, short sleeves with upper part smocked and lower part trimmed with elaborate self folds; (b) skirt fullness smocked into waistband, band of self twisting pleating from waistband at right front of dress to hemline around hemline entire width of skirt to left front seam where it twists and returns to waistband.