В музее Холта выставили историческое свадебное платье 1864 года с шотландской клеткой

The Blue Hill Historical Society is now in possession of what is thought to be a Civil War era silk taffeta dress, worn for a Blue Hill woman's wedding. For your viewing pleasure, a Civil War-era wedding dress is currently on display in an upstairs bedroom at the Holt House Museum on Water Street, which belongs to the Blue Hill Historical Society. The society is open Thursday through Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ann Durgin of Blue Hill said the dress, a plaid silk taffeta, arrived in the mail about six or eight months ago for the society’s collection. The dress is currently on display lying flat on a bed instead of on a mannequin. “It’s surprisingly heavy,” Durgin said. The dress, most likely, would have been imported. “The American silk industry really didn’t get going until after the Civil War.” “The plaid would be a typical British thing,” said Durgin. The bride "was born in England, and her family was from England. The style was popular in the 1850. Yet, this was a wedding that occurred in 1864.” “That was such a classic style and fabric for that time period because of Queen Victoria,” added Durgin. “She fell in love with Scotland and fell in love with all things Scottish, and this plaid is a great example. This is a beautiful example of that style.” “It’s an unusual style with pagoda sleeves,” said another historical society volunteer, Val Libby. “They have net undersleeves,” which Libby explained are “additional lacy-looking [sleevelets] that you pulled on underneath your bell-shaped sleeves. I think there was a lace collar on this dress that’s been lost.” The dress is lined with polished cotton. The late bride’s name was Mary Ann Hargrave. She married a Blue Hill man, Hosea Horton, in 1864. The American ran Hargrave’s obituary on Feb. 24, 1926. But by then, her last name was Peters. Horton had died in 1882, according to a history written by historical society president George Pazuniak. Hargrave married Augustus Connate Peters in 1892, a year after Peters’ first wife, Abbie M., died. The pair lived in the Peters house on Peters Point until Augustus, a second lieutenant in the 16th Maine Regiment in the Civil War, died in 1897. Then the house was sold, and Mary lived with her children.