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Fragments of Martha Washington's wedding dress and lace [realia].

BIB_ID
368073
Accession number
MA 488.144
Published
[1759]
Credit line
Gift of George L. Upshur, 1911.
Description
2 textile fragments.
Notes
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
5.7 x 5.9 and 3.4 x 7.3 cm
Provenance
Martha Washington; by descent to her great-great-great grandson, George L. Upshur; given by Upshur to Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Summary
A piece of pale pink or beige lace and a piece of yellow floral brocade from Martha Washington's dress for her marriage to George Washington in 1759.
Medium
silk.
Classification