What is most interesting about this set of dresses is the surprising (to us) similarity between the wedding dress and the bridesmaid's dress - they are nearly identical. Both dresses are made of the same sheer silk crepe, which though it looks taupe-colored now, was once the same cream color as the satin trim.

Both dresses feature an overskirt which falls to points on the left and right sides, both front and back. The overskirt is edged in wide satin bands. The same satin is used to make up the main part of the bodice, where it is ruched and softly pleated. Though the sheer insets and collars of the two dresses are similar, different laces are used on each dress. In fact, even on the individual dresses, four or five different laces are used next to or on top of each other, and it is hard to know if this was done purposefully, or if there simply wasn't enough of any one lace to go around.

We imagine the bride's dress to be the one with the long sleeves, and the short-sleeved dress to belong to the bridesmaid. On the bridesmaid's dress, strings of five or six pearls dangle from the edges of the collar, and from the satin binding of the overskirt. Only one such string of pearls remains on the overskirt of the bride's dress, leading us to suppose that it was decorated in the same way.