Wedding Dress
ca. 1905 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin embroidered with silk thread, pearls, lace and silk fringe, boned and lined with silk |
| Brief description | Wedding dress of Liberty & Co. Ltd. satin with skirt and train, English, ca. 1905 |
| Physical description | 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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| Credit line | Given by Mr R. Stewart Liberty |
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| Accession number | T.463 to B-1976 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2008 |
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