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Wedding dress and wedding photograph Wedding dress
1981
The Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation "V. Papantoniou"
Nafplion, Greece
Off-white woven silk wedding dress decorated with embroidered multicoloured floral patterns. Woven and sewn by Olga Kechaev, Athens. Worn by Despoina Spatharaki to marry Nicolaos Tsigris at St. George church in Athens on January 4, 1981.
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Details
- Title: Wedding dress and wedding photograph Wedding dress
- Creator: Olga Kechaev
- Date Created: 1981, 1981
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Provenance: Donated by Despoina Tsigri
- Photographer: Costas Vergas
- Rights: rr-f
- Medium: Silk, cotton, weave and embroidery
- 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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