Martha Washington's Gown 360 HD
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George Washington received this elaborately ornamented sword in 1796.
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Most of Martha Washington's apparel is known today to us through fragments, as her descendants disassembled and distributed these garments as treasured heirlooms. This gown, constructed of brown satin-weave silk, is the only intact example at Mount Vernon. Eliza Parke Custis Law (1776-1832) lovingly preserved it with a handwritten note identifying it as "a favorite gown of my dear Grandmother Mrs. Washington." The gown's styling, including its scoop neckline, three button flaps to secure the front closure, tight-fitting sleeves, and bustled skirt open at the front, suggest a 1790s date. Mrs. Washington possibly wore it while her husband was President, thereby setting an example of understated elegance for the nation and future presidents' wives to follow.
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