Plate 65.

Wedding-dress and marriage reception-dress of Catherine Van Houten. She made the lace herself.

(Plates 65–70 show laces and embroideries made by the same hand. Catherine Van Houten, daughter of Garrabrant and Jane Van Houten, was born June 8, 1806, and died March 9, 1874. She lived all her life at 113 Water Street, Paterson, New Jersey. She attended Miss DeLancey’s private school in Orange, New Jersey, and it was there that she learned to make lace. In June, 1830, she married Ralph Doremus.

The collection represented by Plates 65–70 is owned by her daughter, Mrs. William Nelson. It consists of the articles shown and, in addition, four lady’s caps, two infant’s caps, four infant’s dresses, one infant’s shirt, and a black lace veil about 36 by 42 inches—all the work of Mrs. Doremus; also slippers, gloves, and openwork silk stockings for the wedding, black satin slippers, and a housewife—“housewife” being the old name for a needlebook. See also description of Plate 76.)