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Dress, Wedding

Object number2010.10.1 a,b

Date1874

Mediumsatin; metal

Credit LineGift of Susan Broome

DescriptionWedding dress consisting of bodice and skirt. Made of burgundy satin lined with linen. Bodice has high collar and long sleeves with notched cuffs. Bodice has twelve metal buttons down front. Skirt has pocket on proper right and five ruffled layers on bottom half.DimensionsMeasured laying flat.

(a) Height: ~46 (from collar to bottom of bustle) ; Width at Waist: 13 ; Length of sleeves: ~19
(b) H: 39; W of waist: 12.5, at Bottom: 35
Historical NotesWedding dress worn by donor Susan Broome's great grandmother, Isabella Heron, who married John Carpenter in 1874. John Carpenter purchased his family farm from his father, and raised his family in the log house on the property. The Carpenter (Zimmerman) family lived in the log house known as the Carpenter Log Cabin. In 1958, it was dismantled after being purchased by Allegheny County to create Boyce Regional Park; the log house was then rebuilt at Fort Pitt for Pittsburgh's Bicentennial celebration. Thirty years later, it was restored in its original place, just in time for Plum's Bicentennial in 1988.

Previous owner Isabella Heron

Related institution John Carpenter

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