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Culture:American
Title:wedding dress
Date Made:1891-1892
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: cream silk damask, silk taffeta, stiffened cotton crinoline, bobbin Brussels lace, silk fringe; metal closures
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts or New York
Measurements:overall: 78 1/2 in.; 199.39 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2003.54.1
Credit Line:Gift of Three Generations of the Flynt Family
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Two piece (bodice and skirt) wedding dress worn by Helen Pratt Needham on her marriage to George Converse Flynt on June 21, 1892. Mrs. Needham was the grandmother of Henry N. Flynt, and grew up in Wales, MA (near Monson).

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Silk

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