Wedding Dress
1848 (made), October 12 1848 (worn)
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White silk bodice and skirt with embroidered muslin overdress, pleated-front bodice, long sleeves, full bell-shaped skirt. Embroidered in white cotton upon the shoulders and sleeve cuffs, down the front of the skirt and around the hem with a repeating row of plants with large fan shaped flowers, wavy stems, rosettes and dotted patterns. Additional edging to neck, cuffs, and co-ordinating satin square bag of Valenciennes lace.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | silk overlaid with embroidered muslin, Valenciennes lace |
| Brief description | Muslin wedding dress, 1848, English |
| Physical description | White silk bodice and skirt with embroidered muslin overdress, pleated-front bodice, long sleeves, full bell-shaped skirt. Embroidered in white cotton upon the shoulders and sleeve cuffs, down the front of the skirt and around the hem with a repeating row of plants with large fan shaped flowers, wavy stems, rosettes and dotted patterns. Additional edging to neck, cuffs, and co-ordinating satin square bag of Valenciennes lace. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss E. A. Woolmer |
| Object history | Worn by Miss Mary Hannah Chester (1820-1896) when she married Mr Woolmer on October 12th 1848. We also have the white patterned silk waistcoat worn by Mr Woolmer for the ceremony (T.182-1927) and a blue silk dress worn by their daughter Mary Chester Woolmer in 1874 (T.181-1927). The donor related that the wedding dress was worn with a white silk coal-scuttle bonnet with a face frill inside the crown, trimmed with a spray of orange blossom and two veils (one draped over the front, one over the back.), and a shawl of cream-flowered damask with fringes. These have not survived. |
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| Accession number | T.180, A to C-1927 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2009 |
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