Afternoon Dress 48.80 Temporary Exhibition: "Wedding Belles: Bridal Fashions from the Marjorie Merriweather Post Family, 1874-1958"
COSTUME, POST FAMILY Dress (Garment) Bergdorf Goodman USA: New York, NY 1935 Silk velvet, fur H. 17 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 17 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 27 1/2 in. (waist circumference); H. 46 in. (waist to hem front); H. 88 1/2 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 260 in. (hem circumference)
This long-sleeved, fur-trimmed gown was worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post for her marriage to Joseph E. Davies on December 12, 1935.