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front Wedding Dress
1830
1938.08
This gown was worn by Mary Graves Montague of Williamsburg, when she married John Montague, from Sunderland, on October 7, 1830.
front Framed Hair Wreath and Photograph
c. 1860
1941.03.01
With a photograph of the maker in the center, this framed memento is in the form of a wreath made of her hair.
front Hair Wreath
c. 1860
1941.04.02
This hair wreath, made c.1860, was fashioned from the hair of 75 persons from two families!
front Embroidered Dress
1825-1827
1953.03.03
The style of this dress represents the Neo-Classical influence on design in the early 19th century.
front "Negro Funeral"
1856-1858
1994.20.03.55
George Fuller drew this sketch after witnessing an African American funeral procession in March, 1858.
front Hoyt family register
1803-1806
1985.0002
This family register was embroidered with silk threads on a linen ground by Nancy Hoyt (1788-1870) about 1804 to record the vital statistics of her immediate family.
front Reticule
1815-1820
1990.001
This drawstring bag, known as a "reticule," was used as a purse.
front Top hat
1844
DPR.E.09
A top hat was not restricted to formal wear in the early 19th century.
front Bonnet
1830-1850
MH.D.235
In the early 19th century women wore bonnets such as this one to shade their faces from the sun.
front Woman's cap
1820-1830
2000.01.642.02
It was fashionable in the early 19th century for women to wear caps, both indoors and out.

 

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