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Wedding dress
ca. 1712, with several alterations into the 20th century
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY, United States
This wedding dress was worn by Cornelia de Peyster, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Van Ball) de Peyster, on October 12, 1712, when she married Oliver Stephen Teller (b. 1685), son of Andres and Sophia (Van Cortlandt) Teller. The dress has undergone alerations, most for Alice Crary Sutcliffe, who wore it for her wedding on April 30, 1908.
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Details
- Title: Wedding dress
- Date Created: ca. 1712, with several alterations into the 20th century
- Location Created: Possibly England or United States
- Physical Dimensions: 55 x 70 in. ( 139.7 x 177.8 cm ) Part (waist ): 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
- Type: Arifact
- Medium: Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
- Object Number: 1949.115a
- Credit Line: New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliffe
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