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Wedding dress

Unknown1821

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

White silk wedding dress trimmed with double bands of satin rouleaux and partial flouncing of satin round hem, short puffed sleeves trimmed with satin buttons overlaid with fuller silk gauze oversleeves and bodice accented with slashes bordered with piping and backed with silk. Has insertions and trimmings of pale lilac ribbon and cream-coloured silk gauze. The bodice is cut low at the neck and the waist is high. The skirt is long with a double row of narrow flounces round the bottom.

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  • Title: Wedding dress
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1821
  • Location: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 147 in, Circumference: 24 in waist, Width: 13 in between shoulders, Weight: 0.54 kg
  • Provenance: Given by the Misses F. and M. Mold
  • Medium: silk, satin and gauze
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