Circular fragment of a wedding dress with two handwritten notes on paper mentioning Ann Kirk Taylor, Robert Goulet, and Archfield Taylor, Commander of the Paul Jones in the War of 1812; the textile fragment is a green and white silk damask ground with brocade in shades of pink.
cloth
silk (fiber)
damask
brocading
Bolt, Cloth
Bolt, Cloth
Unknown
1985.671
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