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Wedding dress and wedding photograph Evening dress
1957
The Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation "V. Papantoniou"
Nafplion, Greece
Cream lace gown altered from a Jean Dessès wedding dress with floral patterns and adjustable train. Worn by Eleni Merkati to marry Kostis Drakopoulos at the St. Dionysius the Areopagite church in Athens on January 12, 1957. Accessories: White tulle veil trimmed with lace and artificial lemon blossom coif.
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- Title: Wedding dress and wedding photograph Evening dress
- Creator: Jean Desses
- Date Created: 1957, 1957
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Provenance: Donated by Eleni Merkati
- Photographer: Costas Vergas
- Rights: rr-f
- Medium: Lace
- Bibliographic References: FOGG, MARNIE(2011), "Vintage Weddings: One hundred years of bridal fashion and style", New York, Lark - LANSDELL, AVRIL(1983), "Wedding Fashions 1860-1980", Buckinghamshire, Shire Publications Ltd.
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