Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Leontine Meade (ca.1875-?)
Object Number:
1905.157
Date:
1899
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6 x 4.8 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on cardboard backing: "Carl & Fredrika Weidner-Pinxts/N.Y. 1899 No. 303/Miss Leontine Mead (sic)"
signed: at left: "Weidner"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the daughter of Charles H. Meade and Henriette (Thieriot) Meade who were married in 1873. Her mother was the niece of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
