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Wedding dress

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Wedding dress consisting of a pelisse robe with large imbecile sleeves and bell shaped skirt. It is made of white muslin with self coloured cotton embroidery in a formal floral pattern. There is a bow of satin at ankle height, in the front of the skirt. The dress is lined with silk and fastens at the neck and waist with black metal hooks and eyes. There is an additional silk tying ribbon inside the waist.

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  • Title: Wedding dress
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1834
  • Location: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Circumference: 57.5 cm waist, Circumference: 57.5 cm diaphragm, Width: 38 cm shoulder to shoulder, approximate, Length: 30 cm bodice, Length: 124 cm overall length, front, Length: 131 cm overall length, back, Length: 67 cm sleeve length, approximate, Circumference: 15 cm wristband, Circumference: 330 cm hem, Length: 92 cm skirt, front, Length: 95 cm skirt back
  • Provenance: Given by Miss Gaster
  • Medium: Muslin embroidered with cotton and lined with silk
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