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EVENING DRESS

Cat no.: 48.22
Artist: Callot Soeurs
Date: 1907-1908

DRESSING GOWN

Cat no.: 48.26
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1902-1906

NIGHTGOWN

Cat no.: 48.25
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1902-1906

EVENING DRESS

Cat no.: 48.31
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1910-1914

EVENING DRESS

Cat no.: 48.30
Artist: Widoff
Date: 1911-1913

DRESS

Cat no.: 48.38.1-2
Artist: Lucile
Date: 1915-1920

Marjorie Merriweather Post's eldest daughter, Adelaide Brevoort Close (American, 1908-1998), wore this dress at the marriage ceremony of her mother to E.F. Hutton on July 7, 1920. The dress was worn with a simple sleeveless cotton undergarment edged with lace at the neck and armholes. The bodice of the dress is decorated with vertical pleats. The square neck and short sleeves are trimmed with rows of lace and decorative flowers made of silk lawn. The skirt is embellished with interlocking lace rings and trimmed at hem with eight rows of lace applied in a scalloped shape. A seven-inch sash edged in lace ties in a large bow at the center back.

EVENING DRESS

Cat no.: 48.32
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1912-1918

WEDDING DRESS

Cat no.: 48.3.1-2
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1874

Mrs. Post's mother, Ella Letitia Merriweather (American, 1853-1912) wore this dress for her marriage to C.W. (Charles William) Post (American, 1854-1913) on November 16, 1874.

DRESS

Cat no.: 48.39.1-2
Artist: Lucile
Date: 1915-1920

Marjorie Merriweather Post's daughter, Eleanor Post Close, wore this dress at the marriage ceremony of her mother to E.F. Hutton on July 7, 1920. The dress is worn with a simple sleeveless cotton undergarment edged with lace at the neck and armholes. The bodice of the dress is decorated with vertical pleats. The square neck and short sleeves are trimmed with rows of lace and decorative flowers made of silk lawn. The skirt is embellished with interlocking lace rings and trimmed at hem with eight rows of lace applied in a scalloped shape. A seven-inch sash edged in lace ties in a large bow at the center back.

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