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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)
4 x 5 Color Transparency, Unknown

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.

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973

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4 x 5 Color Transparency, Unknown 4 x 5 Color Transparency, Unknown 4 x 5 Color Transparency, Unknown
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