WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL
Creator(s): Jeanne Paquin (Designer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Wedding dress worn by Emlen Knight Davies. Short sleeved, empired waist. Belt (silk ribbon) decorated with small sprigs of blossoms with a single ribbon belt at waist. Sleeves decorated with bows and sprigs of orange blossoms . Dress closes at CB with series of threaded loops and metal hooks. Dress worn with Marie Louis lace collar (permanent collection, Smithsonian).
- Object name:
- WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL
- Made from:
- Dress: silk taffeta -- fabric/wax -- silk ribbons. Veil: tulle
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1939
- Size:
- Shoulder to under bust - L. 10 in.; under bust to CF - L. 44 in.; CB to hem - L. 140 in.; upper waist - L. 24 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2014.12.10.1-2
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mia Grosjean, 2014, which she received from her mother Emlen Knight Davies.