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Mary White Gordon's Wedding Dress
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| Accession #: | 3513.1 |
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| Title: | Mary White Gordon's Wedding Dress |
| Object Type: | Dress, Wedding |
| Participants: |
Gordon, Mary Jane White (user)
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| Physical Description: | Silk satin gown with silk lining and silk gauze sleeves edged with pearls. The gown is edged with pearls in a 1 1/2 inch wide scroll design at sides and the train is embellished with pearls in a tapered scroll design. There is grosgrain on the inside of the waist. The decorations include a medallion on the center back, and a basket design with tiny artificial lily of the valley flowers on the bottom edge. There is one flower on each side and at the top of the basket. The dress also has a 3/4 inch belt ends with a cluster of pearls. |
| Description: | Mary Jane White of Wallace married Ralph Semmes Gordon of Spokane on December 29, 1920 at the home of her cousin, Grace Campbell. She carefully preserved not only her wedding dress, veil, sash, shoes, stockings, undergarments, and gloves, but also her wedding cake topper, dove decorations, and tiny cake box for guests. |
| Category: | Campbell Collection |
| Related Objects: |
3513.3 (C. H. Wolfer Co., Shoe, Mary White Gordon's Wedding Shoes, 1920)
3513.7 (Gordon, Mary Jane White, Wedding Objects, Wedding Decorations, December 29, 1920)
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| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Marriage (Communication->Ceremonial); Women (Women); Clothing (Personal Artifact)
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| Geographical Reference: | Campbell House (Washington->Spokane County->Spokane) |
| Dimensions: |
length 46"
shoulders 12"
sleeve length 5"
train length 97"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
grosgrain (Material)
net (Material)
silk (Material)
pearl (Material)
satin (Material)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mary Gordon Mellor, 1990 |
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