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Catalog Number |
1976.1.0304 |
Object Name |
Dress |
Date |
1937 |
Description |
2021 Spring and Christmas exhibited as part of Weddings exhibit 2020 Conserved by ConText This short sleeve bridesmaid dress with a high waisted bodice was worn by Augustine Pardee Shaw, age 12, at the second marriage of her mother, Augustine Van Wickle Shaw, to Robert Toland in 1937. Her younger sister, Marjorie Pemberton Shaw, wore a matching dress (1976.1.0303.1). These dresses were worn with a bridesmaid headband with pink roses, blue forget me nots, green cloth leaves attached to a cloth covered wire, with pink net ribbon (1976.1.0137 - .0138). Two small bouquets, one of 12 pink cloth roses with green cloth leaves on wired stems, held together with wire and one of white forget me nots with green cloth leaves on wired stems, held together with wire (1976.1.0139 - .0140) were likely carried by the bridesmaids. Pink net fabric is sewn over a pink taffeta lining. Two rows of 1" net ruffles decorate the neckline and a 1" net ruffle is sewn on the sleeve. Three rows of 2 1/4" net ruffles are sewn at the hem. A pink wired cloth flower surrounded by small blue forget me nots with green cloth leaves is attached at the right shoulder, and another on the first ruffle at the bottom right hem area. Two metal snaps close a 1 1/2" opening at the right shoulder. Two inches below the left sleeve three metal snaps close the 5" opening. A 4" wide blue taffeta sash is tacked in two places at the empire waist; the sash is 115 1/2" long and would have been tied in the back. |
Materials |
Net/Satin/Taffeta/Metal |
Condition |
Good |
Associated with |
Augustine "Dee" Pardee Shaw Augustine Van Wickle Shaw Toland Toland, Robert |
Search Terms |
Dress Bridesmaid Wedding Children |
Catalog Sub-category |
Clothing -- Outerwear |