18thVirginia
Major
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2012
In her autobiography, Elizabeth Keckley describes the first evening that she finished a dress for Mary Lincoln:
Mary Todd Lincoln's seed pearl necklace and bracelets
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/12/rare-item-of-the-month-marys-treasures/
Mrs. Lincoln looked elegant in her rose-colored moire-antique. She wore a pearl necklace, pearl ear-rings, pearl bracelets, and red roses in her hair. Mrs. Baker was dressed in lemon-colored silk; Mrs. Kellogg in a drab silk, ashes of rose; Mrs. Edwards in a brown and black silk; Miss Edwards in crimson, and Mrs. Grimsly in blue watered silk.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/keckley/keckley.html#keckley228
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/keckley/keckley.html#keckley228
Mary Todd Lincoln's seed pearl necklace and bracelets
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/12/rare-item-of-the-month-marys-treasures/