Silk wedding dress worn by Magdalene Hendricks Boozé
date: label: Date
content: August, 1924
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Magdalene Hendricks Boozé, American, 1902 - 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Navy blue silk wedding dress with glass bead detailing. The dress has elbow length sleeves, a loose fitting bodice, and a drop waist. The dress is embroidered with glass beads, done in large roundels scattered across the dress. The neck and sleeve edges also have embroidered designs. There is a matching sash around the waist, fringed with the same beads as the embroidery. There are two snap fasteners at the neckline on the left shoulder.
place: label: Place used
content: Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
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 Robin J. Boozé Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.72.1
objectType: 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: silk with glass bead trimming