Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Lollaretta Pemberton Allen, American, 1895 - 1979
- Description
- Wedding dress and accompanying accessories worn by Lollaretta Pemberton on her wedding day in 1939. The wedding gown is made of off-white lace and tulle. The gown is floor length and has lace puffed sleeves to the elbows. There is ruching down the front of the front of the bodice. There is a matching long lace and tulle veil, with an attachable headpiece and faux floral headband.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
- 1939
- Object number
- 2012.30.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- headbands (headgear)
- headdresses
- veils
- wedding dresses
- Medium
- lace, tulle and cotton, wire and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W (Dress): 53 3/4 × 22 in. (136.5 × 55.9 cm)
- H x W (Veil): 102 × 81 in. (259.1 × 205.7 cm)
- H x W x D (Headpiece): 9 × 11 × 9/16 in. (22.9 × 27.9 × 1.5 cm)
- H x W x D (Headband): 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 in. (10.5 × 7 × 2.5 cm)
- Place used
- Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American West
- Clothing and dress
- Marriage customs and rites
- Migrations
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.30.1a-d
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53574ef24-ec7f-45c7-add5-1504ed1ec930
