1836 Wedding Dress
Off-white silk wedding dress; pattern motif - floral sprigs in damask style; bodice- high waist, wide neckline reinforced width with forlded drape from shoulder/sleeve to center front; 3 rows of satin cords emphasises the painted waist; lace trim; back of bodice has corded detail- as illusion of a seam; full leg-o-mutton sleeves, pleated at the shoulder, pleats caught in honeycomb stitches, forms decorative detail 2 below the seam line; lower edge of the sleeve is knife pleated with folded corded ribbon folded over spaced 2 apart; full pleated skirt with cartridge pleats in center back; bodice lined with linen, small fall at hem.
HCT.1989.318.46
1836
1830 Man's Vest and Trousers
Off-white cotton vest with brown abstract and floral pattern on fronts, 7 mother-of-pearl buttons with metal centers and shanks; shawl collar, front welt pockets, and two sets of ties in the back; hand stitched; center fronts of vest on bias grain.Hand sewn tan linen pants, 2/1 twill with button fly front; four white glass suspender buttons sewn to top of waistband in front; two top of the waistband in the back; shaped continental pockets front left and right; coin pocket on right side above continental pocket; long rise, five button button-fly closure at center front with additional button on front waistband to secure closure. Pants back have no waistband and rise in a curve above waistline from sides to CB, curving downward to create curved V" opening CB; two crotch gussets left and right back. Trouser legs are straight
HCT.2003.4.14 and 2001.12.14
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