Wedding Dress 48.3.1-2 Temporary Exhibition: "Wedding Belles: Bridal Fashions from the Marjorie Merriweather Post Family, 1874-1958"
COSTUME, POST FAMILY Dress (Garment) Maker unknown USA 1874 Silk taffeta H. 14 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 14 in. (shoulder to waist back); H. 40 in. (waist to hem front); H. 55 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 22 in. (waist circumference)
Mrs. Post's mother, Ella Letitia Merriweather (American, 1853-1912) wore this dress for her marriage to C.W. (Charles William) Post (American, 1854-1913) on November 16, 1874.