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Wedding dress worn by Sarah Tyng Smith
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Wedding dress worn by Sarah Tyng Smith
American, English textile
1763
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary discontinuous patterning wefts
Dimensions
Center back: 129.5 cm (51 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Florence Codman and Dr. Charles Austin Eager Codman
Accession Number52.558
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDress made from silk wih white ground with horizontal interlacing serpentines of ribbon and flowers, brocaded with polychrome silks, English back, square neck trimmed with self folds, short sleeves with double sleeve ruffle.
ProvenanceFebruary 23, 1763, worn by Sarah Tyng Smith (b. 1740 - d. 1827) at her marriage to Richard Codman (b. 1729 - d. 1793), Portland, ME; by descent within the family to Charles Austin Eager Codman (b. 1868 - d. 1952) and his daughter, Florence Louise Codman (b. 1902 - d. 1992), Philadelphia; 1952, gift of Florence Codman and Charles Austin Eager Codman to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 15, 1952)