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Dress, Wedding

Object number99.15.1 a-c

Datec. 1890

Mediumsilk; metal; horse hair; boning; glass

Credit LineMrs. John E. Kunz

DescriptionBlack silk wedding dress consisting of skirt, bodice, and sash.DimensionsLength (a): 43 in. (109.2 cm)
Length (b): 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Length (c): 81 in. (205.7 cm)
Historical NotesThree-piece wedding gown worn by Mary Joseph Lange Wunderly, from an Allegheny City German family in the tanning business. She married into another German family when she wed August Wunderly. Wunderly maintained an art gallery on Wood Street, and often traveled to Berlin where he purchased paintings for Henry Clay Frick and other wealthy Pittsburghers.

Previous owner Mary Joseph Lange Wunderly

Related person August Wunderly

Related institution Wunderly Brothers

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