Dress
1928 (made)
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This dress was worn by Marian Hazel Lasenby for her wedding to William Moorcroft in 1928. She recalled that the pattern of the coat was made so that she could wear it either side out.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Block-printed satin |
| Brief description | Block-printed satin dress, made for Liberty & Co., London, 1928 |
| Physical description | Block-printed satin dress in creams, blues and red. The dress has a cross-over bodice with a low waist and long set-in sleeves gathered and pleated into cuffs. It is collarless with two scarf ties. The skirt front has a double tier of accordion-pleated frills. |
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| Gallery label | Printed satin dress with coat and hat
Liberty & Co. Ltd
London
1928
Marian Lasenby decided not to wear white when she married the potter William Moorcroft in 1928. Her husband was a widower and 27 years her senior. Instead she ordered a dress with a hat and matching reversible coat from Liberty's. She was related to the Lasenby Liberty family who owned the popular department store.
Dress: block-printed silk satin
Coat: wool lined with block-printed silk satin
Hat: wool trimmed with ostrich feathers
V&A: T.71 to B-1982(2011) |
| Object history | This outfit was especially designed and made by Liberty's for Marian Hazel Lasenby to wear for her marriage in 1928 to the potter William Moorcroft (1872-1945). It was William Moorcroft's second marriage. |
| Summary | This dress was worn by Marian Hazel Lasenby for her wedding to William Moorcroft in 1928. She recalled that the pattern of the coat was made so that she could wear it either side out. |
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| Accession number | T.71A-1982 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2000 |
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