Wedding Dress
1932 (made)
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Wedding dress and petticoat of white silk crêpe.
The dress is full-length with a high round neck. The bodice, which is gathered in the high-waisted skirt, has a chevron waist seam with the centre point rising toward the bosom. A long oval train is joined in one with the skirt at the back. The bodice fastens at the back with small self-covered buttons from the neck to the top of the v-shaped yoke where it is attached with hooks and eyes. The neck is trimmed with a wreath of small white piqué daisies, and wreaths of the same,which are graduated in size, trim the train. The tight sleeves are long with spiral tucks and shaped to a point on the back of the hand. Machine-stitched and hand-finished.
The petticoat has a bodice with a high round neck which fastens at the shoulder and is sleeveless. The skirt, which is of heavier silk, is shaped into a high v-shaped yoke, back and front, and is double at the back. It fastens at the side.
The dress is full-length with a high round neck. The bodice, which is gathered in the high-waisted skirt, has a chevron waist seam with the centre point rising toward the bosom. A long oval train is joined in one with the skirt at the back. The bodice fastens at the back with small self-covered buttons from the neck to the top of the v-shaped yoke where it is attached with hooks and eyes. The neck is trimmed with a wreath of small white piqué daisies, and wreaths of the same,which are graduated in size, trim the train. The tight sleeves are long with spiral tucks and shaped to a point on the back of the hand. Machine-stitched and hand-finished.
The petticoat has a bodice with a high round neck which fastens at the shoulder and is sleeveless. The skirt, which is of heavier silk, is shaped into a high v-shaped yoke, back and front, and is double at the back. It fastens at the side.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk crêpe trimmed with piqué |
| Brief description | Wedding dress and petticoat of silk crêpe trimmed with piqué, designed by Victor Stiebel, London, 1932 |
| Physical description | Wedding dress and petticoat of white silk crêpe. The dress is full-length with a high round neck. The bodice, which is gathered in the high-waisted skirt, has a chevron waist seam with the centre point rising toward the bosom. A long oval train is joined in one with the skirt at the back. The bodice fastens at the back with small self-covered buttons from the neck to the top of the v-shaped yoke where it is attached with hooks and eyes. The neck is trimmed with a wreath of small white piqué daisies, and wreaths of the same,which are graduated in size, trim the train. The tight sleeves are long with spiral tucks and shaped to a point on the back of the hand. Machine-stitched and hand-finished. The petticoat has a bodice with a high round neck which fastens at the shoulder and is sleeveless. The skirt, which is of heavier silk, is shaped into a high v-shaped yoke, back and front, and is double at the back. It fastens at the side. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Antony Acton |
| Object history | Worn by the donor, Mrs Antony Acton (nee Joan Pearson) for her 1932 wedding. This was the first wedding dress that Victor Stiebel made. The original design for the dress (T.73-1966) was also given to the collection. In 1969 the donor donated a further selection of clothing, including the camisole she wore underneath this dress (T.227-1969) |
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| Accession number | T.71&A-1966 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2008 |
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