Miss Barnard, daughter of a Montreal lawyer, wore an ancestor's dress from the early nineteenth century. Her sister, Mme Jules Tessier, is also wearing an heirloom dress, although hers has not yet been identified in a museum collection. Both were part of the Lemoyne Family of Longueuil set at the Montreal Historical Ball.
 

Dress worn by Miss Barnard as Mme de Lanaudière Montreal, 1898 English, ca. 1810 Silk twill; cotton lace and pearl trim Loan courtesy of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, M982.20.1 © McCord Museum	Mme Tessier, Miss Barnard and M. de St-Phalle in costume Montreal, 1898 W. Notman Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History, 124256 © McCord Museum