Wedding dress worn by Lollaretta Pemberton with veil and headpiece
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Lollaretta Pemberton Allen, American, 1895 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: Wedding dress and accompanying accessories worn by Lollaretta Pemberton on her wedding day in 1939. The wedding gown is made of off-white lace and tulle. The gown is floor length and has lace puffed sleeves to the elbows. There is ruching down the front of the front of the bodice. There is a matching long lace and tulle veil, with an attachable headpiece and faux floral headband.
place: label: Place used
content: Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Migrations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.30.1a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: headbands (headgear)
label: Type
content: headdresses
label: Type
content: veils
label: Type
content: wedding dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lace, tulle and cotton, wire and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Dress): 53 3/4 × 22 in. (136.5 × 55.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Veil): 102 × 81 in. (259.1 × 205.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Headpiece): 9 × 11 × 9/16 in. (22.9 × 27.9 × 1.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Headband): 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 in. (10.5 × 7 × 2.5 cm)