Dress, Wedding
Object number2017.41.3 a,b
Datec. 1870
Possible OriginGermany
MediumFabric; Metal; Plastic; Unknown boning material
Credit LineGift of Phyllis Tomko
DescriptionTwo-piece wedding dress consisting of bodice and skirt. Chocolate brown floral brocade fabric. Bodice has short torso and inverted neckline. Opens down front. Balloon full length sleeves with pleating around cuffs and two white plastic buttons on each cuff. Lined with heavy brown fabric. Floor length full skirt is pleated around waist. Skirt has inner layer of heavily pleated netting fabric with wide weave. Bottom of skirt is lined with light brown fabric and edged with braided brown trim. Pocket on proper left hip.DimensionsHeight (a - bodice only): 14 in. (35.6 cm)Height (a - including sleeves): 26 in. (66 cm)
Width (a - at waist): 12.5 in. (31.8 cm)
Height x Width (b - width at waist): 41.5 × 13 in. (105.4 × 33 cm)
Historical NotesBarbara Zoglmann wore this dress to her wedding in Germany. Her daughter Francis brought it with her to Pittsburgh in 1899. Barbara's son Wolfgang came to Pittsburgh in 1893, and opened Zoglmann’s Saloon at 601 Carson Street. Her daughter Francis came to Pittsburgh in 1899, at the age of 15 after her mother died. The Zoglmann’s had a brother Anton who stayed in Germany. Francis worked at her brother’s business and the family lived above. She met her future husband, Mathias Lorson, who was employed at A.M. Byers, when he would come in to the bar to cash his checks. Francis and Mathias were married in 1911. They had four children, but Mathias died of a brain tumor when their oldest child was 18. According to donor Phyllis Tomko, Francis worked on and off at the bar into her old age, she remembers her going in on Tuesdays to clean.
Previous owner
Barbara Zoglmann
Related person
Francis Zoglmann Lorson
Related person
Wolfgang Zoglmann
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c. 1857
1911
1941-1962
