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Catalog Number |
1901.3.1 |
Object Name |
Cloth Fragment |
Description |
Framed piece of wedding dress. Woven brocade ecru background with strawberry, leaves, flowers in greens and oranges. Scalloped pinked edges mounted on ecru fabric background. From attatched description: "Piece of wedding gown of Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Mary Moore of Lexington, who married Captain John Parker of Lexington May 25th 1755. Loaned by their great-great grandaughter Eliza Parker Robbins" Old sticker on back "Wedding Dress Miss Lydia Moore 907.12.1" Note: this appears to be another part of the fragment identified in 1907.112.1 Line of descent: Eliza Parker Robbins (1864-1923) was the daughter of Orrin Robbins (1835-1868) and Hannah Reeves. Orrin Robbins was the son of Nathan Robbins Jr. (1803-1888) and Eliza Eleanor Parker (1804-1877). Eliza Eleanor Parker was the daughter of Robert Parker (1771-1840) and Elisabeth Simonds (1772-1849). Robert Parker was the son of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) and Lydia Moore (1731-1822), the owner of the dress. |
Date |
1755 |
Year Range from |
1755 |
Year Range to |
1755 |
People |
Moore, Lydia Parker, Eliza Elinor Parker, John Robbins, Eliza Parker (1864-1923) |
Subjects |
Weddings |
Dimensions |
H-10.75 W-14.625 inches |
Source |
Robbins, Eliza Parker |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |