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Wedding Dress
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The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, & Carriages
Stony Brook, United States
This wedding dress represented the height of bridal fashion in 1785. This lustrous silk dress, with brocaded fabric of European origin, retains its original color and petticoat, rarities for eighteenth century clothing. Sarah Onderdonk wore it on her wedding day, September 20, 1785, when she married David Richard Floyd-Jones. They settled at Fort Neck Manor, in present-day Massapequa, and had two children who survived infancy.
Back view of weddign dress
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Details
- Title: Wedding Dress
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1785
- Location: Long Island, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 18 1/2"w x 55"l
- Provenance: Gift of Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1978
- Subject Keywords: Sara Onderdonk, wedding dress, wedding, marriage, ceremony, Fort Neck manor, Massapequa, Long Island, briadl fashion, silk, silk dress, brocaded fabric
- Type: wedding dress
- Medium: Silk, cotton, wool
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