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Mrs Powell Wedding Suit 1761

the Powell family

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Doll, wax head and forearms with cloth torso and legs. Human hair wig, inset glass eyes, wearing a white figured silk sack backed gown with full elbow ruffles over wide panniers and petticoat trimmed with lace and ruffles in the same fabric, cap of wired and stiffened net and lace. Hand-written paper label attached to underskirts.

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  • Title: Mrs Powell Wedding Suit 1761
  • Creator: the Powell family
  • Date Created: 1761/1800
  • Location: England
  • Provenance: Gift of Mr H.J. Powell
  • Medium: modelled wax, wood and cloth, glass eyes, human hair wig, figured silk, lace, wired net and cotton clothing
The Victoria and Albert Museum

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