Collections record Beta

Wedding Dress

1994-15-2 A,B,F

A: Cream colored silk wedding dress - mid calf length; panel of lace across neckline, short sleeves made of same lace and netting; front of dress has overlay of white net (2 layers) with lace trim down one side and along bottom; white wax flower buds with green cloth leaves sewn around front of waistline; cream silk slip sewn onto dress; hook and eye closures down back B: Train - VERY long cream silk train with gauze on underside; widens from waist to floor; attached to A at waist with four hooks; one branch of wax flowers attached near bottom of train; weights sewn into bottom hemline F: Branch of white wax flower buds with green cloth leaves; to be worn in hair?

Worn by Margaret Crossette Fisher when she married Theodore Babbitt on June 17, 1922 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Litchfield.

1922

• silk
• plastic