Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Wedding Dress
Object Number
2007-31-8
Description
Cream silk brocade, floor length with rounded, fishtail like train at back. Short sleeves with lace trim. Wide scoop neckline, material crisscrossed across chest, rushed band at waist. Lace panels across chest. Lace panel across left side of skirt starting at waist. Hook and eye closure on back. Band of boning on inside of dress. Gauzy lace panel on back, cuts across in diagonal direction. Knot of fabric at bottom from which train extends, lace panel under train and around bottom of dress. A bunch of fabric scraps of bodice fabric from dress - possibly altered in 1941 for daughter to wear.
Comment
Worn by Rose Flynn at her wedding in 1913 and then worn later by her daughter Rosemary Hoben at her wedding in 1941. The dress was later featured in a "Century of Brides" fashion show an event to commemorate the centennial of St. Anthony's Church in Litchfield in 1982 (see accession file)
Category
Date Made
1913
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
