Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wig: w/ponytail w/black bow & ribbon and bun curls
Title
Wig: w/ponytail w/black bow & ribbon and bun curls
Object name
Wig
Date
1870-1920
Medium
Hair, net, cloth tape, ribbon, metal
Dimensions
Overall (flat): 21 x 8 x 2 in. (53.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm)
Description
Man's wig with gray hair knotted to net foundation reinforced with brown silk tape; bun curls on either side secured with hairpins and queue in back tied with black ribbon.
Object Number
INV.12172
Gallery Label
This wig was probably used by the history painter John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945) to outfit one of his models.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
