Jacket

1995.005.002

Title
Wedding Jacket for Ada Smith, 1916
Creation Date
1916
Materials

Dimensions

17" H x 15.5" W

Width at shoulders.

Count
1
Description
Sheer white cloth wedding jacket with petals along waist. Storage box says, "Ada Smith wedding dress 1916." Handwritten note says, "Mothers Wedding Dress, Married Sept 27, 1916" with another handwritten note clarifying Mother as "Ada Smith." Second handwritten note says, "Ada Smith's wedding made of crepe de chine (silk) when she married Ross Wiley in 1916. The hankies were Ada Smith's - circa 1910 - 1916. Ada did the tatting."

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