Printed silk dress

Titles: Printed silk dress (Supplied title)

Description: Silk dress made circa 1850 and altered for Helen Moss, wife of Albert P. Moss. Helen wore the dress to a ball held in honor of Abraham Lincoln's second presidential inauguration on March 4, 1865.

Dates

• Approximately 1850 (Creation)
• Exactly 03/06/1865 (Use)

Creation

• about: Lincoln, Abraham
• used by: Moss, M. Helen Palmes

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 6902.1.A,B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 2 items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 55 inches length
• 18 inches width (shoulder)
• 31 inches circumference Waist
• 34 inches circumference Bust

Subjects

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