Woman's Wedding Drawers
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Alta Harriett Farr
(American, 1862 - 1937)
Clothing MakerMade by
Alta Harriett Farr
(American, 1862 - 1937)
Date1885
MediumMachine-stitched cotton with ceramic button
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width at waist): 28 1/2 x 26in. (72.4 x 66cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ethel Rosebrooks Larkin and Mrs. Ruth C. Waterman
Object number1974.114.1.3
DescriptionWoman's white cotton split drawers, with legs gathered into the waistband. The waistband closes at center back with a single white ceramic button. The legs are decorated at the bottom with an eyelet-embroidered ruffle, headed by a narrow band of whitework embroidery. The legs are fuller at the back than at the front.
NotesHistorical Note: Alta Harriett Farr (1862-1937) married Edward Biglow (about 1862-1951) in the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. George L. Rosebrooks and Mrs. Louise Jane Chase Rosebrooks, of Mansfield, Connecticut, on 10 June 1885. They were married by Reverend Nathaniel Beach. The home where they were married is on the site of the present University of Connecticut, at Storrs.Alta Harriett Farr Biglow and Edward Biglow had no children, so Alta Biglow's whole wedding outfit was given to her niece, Mrs. Myron D. Waterman of Norwich, New York. She, in turn, gave it to her niece, Mrs. Ethel Rosebrooks Larkin, of Mansfield, Connecticut. The wedding dress went full circle from 1885 to 1974 back to Mansfield, Connecticut.
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