Lucy Webb Hayes' dress

Hayes, Lucy Webb1852

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Fremont, United States

Brocaded white silk dress with off-white linen lining. Full skirt attached to a tight-fitted Basque bodice with laces down the back. Elbow length sleeves with a 2-inch band of gold fringe edging each sleeve; deep round neckline. White gauzy material forms a gathered, high neckline.

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Title: Lucy Webb Hayes' dress
Creator: Hayes, Lucy Webb
Date: 1852
Physical Location: Fremont, Ohio
Provenance: Gown made and worn by Lucy Webb for her wedding to Rutherford B. Hayes in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 30, 1852.

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