Bodice (two pieces)

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1825
Medium: 
Silk brocade; cotton chintz
Dimensions: 
Overall (a): 17 1/2 × 9 in. (44.5 × 22.9 cm) Overall (b): 16 × 8 in. (40.6 × 20.3 cm)
Description: 
Beige silk brocade with pink, rose, blue, lightblue, green, chartreuse, tan and brown flower pattern all over jacket style bodice; appears to have a square neckline; short fitted sleeves; patially lined with white cotton chintz; boned.
Object Number: 
INV.14566ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1825
eMuseum Object ID: 
31445
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wedding dress

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Silk, beads, bobbin lace, metal
Dimensions: 
Part (bodice): 15 x 14 in. (38.1 x 35.6 cm) Part (waist): 28 in. (71.1 cm) Part (skirt): 41 x 57 in. (104.1 x 144.8 cm
Description: 
Cream silk wedding dress; corset style fitted bodice with deep pointed V-waistline; square neckline trimmed with cream silk cord and hand made bobbin lace in a floral and leaf pattern; back cut in a V-shape; puffed cap sleeves trimmed with the same lace; waistline trimmed with the cream cord; cream silk ribbon ties for the corset back; two metallic embroidered paraments with pearl and cloth covered beads appliquéd over the breast; unlined and boned interior; pleated and slightly bustled skirt with a long padded train; pleated and draped in the front producing an apron-like effect with a pleated ruffle around the bottom; interior pleated ruffle with machine-made bobbin lace under the outer ruffle and along the edges of the train; ten of the paraments also worn at the breast decorate the outer edges of the draped front; lined with a stiff cotton net; closed with metal hooks and eyes at the back.
Object Number: 
1978.63ab
Marks: 
stamped: inside the bodice: "M.C. Rose/ New York"
Gallery Label: 
This wedding dress was worn on February 14, 1889 by the donor's mother, Mrs. E. Hayward Ferry.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
31441
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wedding veil

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Bobbin lace, needlepoint lace
Dimensions: 
Overall: 44 x 80 in. ( 111.8 x 203.2 cm )
Description: 
Cream cotton wedding veil; hand worked on machine-made net; large floral pattern of bobbin and needlepoint lace with openwork in some of the roses along the scalloped edge; diamond needlework pattern along the opening for the head.
Object Number: 
1978.63c
Gallery Label: 
This wedding veil was worn on February 14, 1889 by the donor's mother, Mrs. E. Hayward Ferry.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
31438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Buffalo pelt

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Buffalo pelt
Dimensions: 
Overall: 42 x 80 x 1 in. ( 106.7 x 203.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Buffalo pelt with remnant of felt backing stitched to one side.
Object Number: 
INV.418
Gallery Label: 
A similar buffalo skin in the N-YHS Collection (1947.248) is said to have been used as a robe. It may also have been the case with this skin.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
31421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Slippers

Classification: 
Date: 
1712
Medium: 
Leather, wood, cotton
Dimensions: 
each overall: 3 x 10 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 26 x 9.2 cm )
Description: 
Pair of yellow leather wedding slippers; low wooden peg heels; pointed toes; seams across the instep and up the heel; lined with white cotton.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliff
Object Number: 
1949.115cd
Gallery Label: 
These slippers were worn by Cornelia de Peyster, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Van Ball) de Peyster, on October 12, 1712, when she married Oliver Stephen Teller (b. 1685), son of Andres and Sophia (Van Cortlandt) Teller. They may also have been worn by the donor on the occasion of her marriage, April 30, 1908.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1712
eMuseum Object ID: 
31395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wedding dress

Collections: 
Classification: 
Is owned by NYHS: 
Yes
Highlight: 
Display this item in the highlights
Date: 
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Medium: 
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
Dimensions: 
Overall: 55 x 70 in. ( 139.7 x 177.8 cm ) Part (waist ): 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
Description: 
Yellow and cream silk brocade dress a` l' Anglaise of English "lace" period textile design, possibly Anna Maria Garthwaite; fitted bodice cut separately from skirt with pleat from back of shoulder continuing down front (originally it would have been a robe and been known as "robe a`l'Anglaise"; originally worn pinned to sides of matching stomacher (no longer extant, but possibly made into front waist fitting); yellow brocade piece turned to cross grain and made into front waist fitting attached below a silk chiffon modesty piece creating a low square neckline (all alteration - sub index letter e); three-quarter length fitted sleeves with large turned-back cuff and needlepoint lace ruffles with a floral pattern at the edge; full round skirt and matching petticoat with pleats at sides; needlepoint net and lace engageantes not original to dress.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliffe
Object Number: 
1949.115a
Gallery Label: 
This wedding dress was worn by Cornelia de Peyster, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Van Ball) de Peyster, on October 12, 1712, when she married Oliver Stephen Teller (b. 1685), son of Andres and Sophia (Van Cortlandt) Teller. The dress has undergone alerations, most for Alice Crary Sutcliffe, who wore it for her wedding on April 30, 1908.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1712
eMuseum Object ID: 
31393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Corset cover

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 1/2 x 19 in. ( 41.9 x 48.3 cm )
Description: 
White linen fitted corset cover; button-down front, round neckline with a thin linen drawstring; cap sleeves; eyelet lace trim around the neckline and the sleeves.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1945.78
Marks: 
handwritten: inside: "J Brookes"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
31359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Petticoat

Classification: 
Date: 
1712
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 36 1/2 x 49 in. ( 92.7 x 124.5 cm )
Description: 
White cotton petticoat worn over a hoop with a drawstring waist; bottom has a scalloped edge and a floral open work border with bobblin lace work in the center of the flowers.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliff
Object Number: 
1949.115b
Gallery Label: 
This petticoat was worn by Cornelia de Peyster, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Van Ball) de Peyster, on October 12, 1712, when she married Oliver Stephen Teller (b. 1685), son of Andres and Sophia (Van Cortlandt) Teller. It was also worn by the donor on the occasion of her marriage, April 30, 1908.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1712
eMuseum Object ID: 
31357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coat (costume)

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1920
Medium: 
Silk velvet, silk, needlepoint lace, metal buttons
Dimensions: 
Overall: 40 x 38 in. ( 101.6 x 96.5 cm )
Description: 
Maroon silk velvet knee length coat with pink silk pointed lapels; sixteen metal buttons from the waist to the knee with gold cord button holes; vertical slash pockets at the hips decorated with seven lines of gold cord and twenty-one metal buttons on each side (three buttons for each row of cord), lined with pink silk; long sleeves slashed open on the inside from the elbow to wrist, interior sleeve of gold needlepoint guipures lace with a diamond and scroll design; outer sleeve decorated with metallic bows above the opening and nine metal buttons and gold cord button holes along the opening of each; coat lined with pink silk; slit up the back of coat to the waist decorated with fifteen buttons and gold cord lines on each side; each side gathered and pleated with metal buttons at the small of the back.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number: 
1933.32g
Marks: 
embroidered: on tag: "Mme. E.S. Freising/ 127 West 41st ST./ Costumer-New York"
Gallery Label: 
This coat was worn as part of a costume worn by Enrico Caruso when he performed the role of Des Grieux in "Manon Lescaut."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
31351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Dickey (costume)

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1920
Medium: 
Cotton, lace
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. ( 34.3 x 34.9 cm )
Description: 
White cotton dickey with a pleated neckline attaching in the back with metal hooks and eyes; machine-made bobbin lace ruffle in the front; cotton ties at the bottom.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number: 
1933.32h
Gallery Label: 
This dickey was worn as part of a costume worn by Enrico Caruso when he performed the role of Des Grieux in "Manon Lescaut."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
31320
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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