Wedding dress
Mary Ruby
(1864–1949)
1924
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin and silver-colored metallic wrapped on silk core thread brocade with silver-colored metallic wrapped on silk core thread, spangels, white rhinestone diamond, and clear glass beads embroidered on silk net, silver-colored metallic lace in honeycomb style, silk satin, and silk net
DimensionsOverall (dress): 108 x 76 cm (42 1/2 x 29 15/16 in.)
Height x width (blouse): 8 1/2 x 14 11/16 in. (21.6 x 37.4 cm)
Center back (slip): 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.)
Length x width (train): 268.9 x 89.1 cm (105 7/8 x 35 1/16 in.)
Center back (fragment): 190.7 cm (75 1/16 in.)
Height x width (blouse): 8 1/2 x 14 11/16 in. (21.6 x 37.4 cm)
Center back (slip): 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.)
Length x width (train): 268.9 x 89.1 cm (105 7/8 x 35 1/16 in.)
Center back (fragment): 190.7 cm (75 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Penelope G. Place
Accession number1986.157a-e
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ProvenanceWorn by donor's mother, Penelope Parkman Griswold, June 11, 1924. (See: MFA 53.2341)
about 1915
18th century
18th–19th century
18th century
Late 18th century
18th century
Late 17th century
17th century
17th century
18th century
Very late 17th or early 18th century