Wedding Dress 48.10.1-2 Temporary Exhibition: "Wedding Belles: Bridal Fashions from the Marjorie Merriweather Post Family, 1874-1958"
COSTUME, POST FAMILY Dress (Garment) Hitchins & Balcom USA: New York, NY 1905 Silk satin, silk organza, open cutwork lace H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 23 1/2 in. (waist circumference); H. 41 1/2 in. (waist to hem front); H. 70 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 220 in. (hem circumference)
Marjorie Merriweather Post wore this dress for her marriage to Edward Bennett Close, December 5, 1905.