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Wedding dress

Liberty & Co. Ltd.

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Wedding dress of cream Liberty silk satin wedding dress with skirt and train. It has a low round neck, pendant girdle and is slightly trained. The sleeves are of machine made lace at the gilet which has a high boned band collar. The collar and girdle are embroidered with formal floral trails in white satin stitch enhanced with pearls and trimmed with fringe. Pearls also trim the edges of the gilet and the cuffs of the sleeves. The dress fastens at the centre back with hooks and eyes. The lining is of cream ribbed silk and the bodice is lightly boned.

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  • Title: Wedding dress
  • Creator: Liberty & Co. Ltd.
  • Date Created: 1900/1909
  • Location: London
  • Provenance: Given by Mr R. Stewart Liberty
  • Medium: Silk satin embroidered with silk thread, pearls, lace and silk fringe, boned and lined with silk
The Victoria and Albert Museum

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