Swisshelm wedding gown

Titles: Swisshelm wedding gown (Supplied title)

Description: Wedding dress of ecru silk satin with elbow-length sleeves and a long overskirt panel which ends in a train. The sleeveless bodice and cylindrical skirt are hand quilted with a variety of floral images that Jane Grey Swisshelm reports are "from memory of a visit to Eagle's Nest Lake in Sherburne County ." Worn by Zoe Swisshelm, daughter of Jane Grey Swisshelm, abolitionist and advocate of women's rights who lived in Minnesota between 1857 and 1863.

Dates

• Approximately 1881 (Creation)
• Exactly 12/23/1881 (Wedding date) (Use)

Creation

• made by: Swisshelm, Jane Grey
• owned/used by: Allen, Mary Henrietta Swisshelm

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 8785.2.A-C

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Subjects

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