White satin and velvet dress

Titles: White satin and velvet dress (Supplied title)

Description: Ivory satin bustle dress with a front panel of woven velvet flowers and birds. Worn by Mary Lanpher Forepaugh (Mrs. Joseph L.), and attributed to dressmaker, Mary G. Worley, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Dates

• 1883 - 1889 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Worley, Mary G.
• owned/used by: Forepaugh, Mary Lanpher

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 8550.1.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 35 inches circumference (8550.1.A, bodice, bustline)
• 25 1/2 inches circumference (8550.1.A, bodice, waistline)
• 39 1/2 inches length (8550.1.B, skirt, waist to hem, front)
• 40 1/2 inches length (8550.1.B, skirt, waist to hem, side)
• 61 inches length (8550.1.B, skirt, waist to hem, back)
• 26 inches circumference (8550.1.B, skirt, underskirt waistline)

Subjects

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