1880 Satin Brocade Wedding Gown, NMHT
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Hall of American Costume
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- An exhibit case containing a model of a young woman looking at herself in the mirror wearing an 1880 satin brocade wedding gown. She, along with two others, is in a setting depicting a dressmaker's salon in the Bustle Period. This exhibit is part of the Hall of American Costume in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1964
- Standard number
- MAH-6427F
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Dressmaking
- Exhibitions
- Mannequins (figures)
- Museum mannequins
- Wedding gowns
- Record ID
- siris_sic_7504
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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