File #192: "Elizabeth L.C. Dixon's Wedding Dress"

Elizabeth L.C. Dixon's Wedding Dress

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Elizabeth L.C. Dixon's Wedding Dress

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Fashion -- women-- wedding dress-- 1840

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Wedding dress worn by Elizabeth L. C. Dixon at 1842 presentation to King Philippe of France, Pope Gregory XVI and in 1846 President Polk as mentioned in 'Diary of Elizabeth Dixon'; White House History, Issue 33.
Made of ceam white satin elaborately embroidered in white on bottom and front in Chinese style with low neck, short sleeves, fitted and boned and sewed onto full skirt.

In 1945, Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling, granddaughter of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon loaned this dress to Wadsworth Atheneum for an exhibit: 'The Costume Collection in the Wadsworth Atheneum', Dec 14, 1946 to Feb 23, 1947.
2010 inquiry by Welling heirs discoverer staff of Wadsworth Atheneum unable to locate the dress, surmised the dress was deaccessioned in the recent past, current owner unknown.

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Satin wedding dress worn by Elizabeth L. C. Dixon at 1842 presentation to King Philippe of France, Pope Gregory XVI and in 1846 President Polk as mentioned in 'Diary of Elizabeth Dixon'; White House History, Issue 33.

In 1945, Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling, granddaughter of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon loaned this dress to Wadsworth Atheneum for an exhibit: 'The Costume Collection in the Wadsworth Atheneum' , Dec 14, 1946 to Feb 23, 1947.