434263 Wedding Dress, 1809 (silk satin) by American School, (19th century); length: 130.8 waist: 63.5 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA; (add.info.: This dress is associated with Philadelphia Quaker bride, Lydia Poultney (1788-1871), who married James B. Thompson in 1809. The wedding dress, while devoid of superfluous ornament, is made of an elegant silk and fashion conscious: a high waist and short puffed sleeves were a la mode in 1809. For the wedding ceremony at the meeting house, bonnets with veils and neckerchiefs would also have been worn. ); 穢 Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Bequest of Lydia Thompson Morris, 1932; American, out of copyright.