Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.099.010ab |
Object Name |
Dress, Wedding |
Title |
1875 Brown Silk Wedding Dress |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
1876 |
Year Range from |
1876 |
Year Range to |
1876 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Grey County, Ontario |
Description |
A two-piece 1876 wedding gown in a copper coloured satin? silk taffeta? Jacket (a), skirt (b) (as of August 2008 the skirt is unfound). |
Provenance |
Belonged to and was worn by Catherine Duff (neé McKenzie) when she married Thomas Duff on March 22, 1876. The wedding was officiated by Rev. James Cameron. Passed to her daughters, Annie M. Duff, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and her sister, Mrs. Herbert Withers of Glenville, West Virginia. |
Collection |
Textiles, 19th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Silk?Taffeta?/ Thread |
Found |
Sullivan Township (formerly), Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Duff, Thomas |