Mourning Dress

Title

Mourning Dress

Description

This black, silk dress may have been worn as a mourning dress. Widows’ clothing told more about a woman than just her marital status. Mourning garments also sent a message of socioeconomic status. For wealthy widows, an expensive and ornate dress was worn as a shield to express financial security and stability.

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Source

Wylie House Museum

Date

Late Nineteenth-Century

Files

widow's dress.jpg

Citation

“Mourning Dress,” Wylie House Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/wyliehouse/items/show/120.

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