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Wedding Dress

April 30 1856 (worn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White muslin dress and jacket, the bodice with a low round neck, short puff sleeves with a flounce of the same fabric attached, and a pointed waist; the attached skirt in five flounces of muslin gradually getting larger towards the hem. Jacket in matching fabric, pagoda sleeves covered in self ruching with bands of white silk ribbon around sleeve bottoms, shoulders trimmed with fringed silk ribbon and the jacket fastening down the front with bows of cream silk ribbon concealing hooks and eyes. Bonnet worn with the dress, white silk taffeta ruched and gathered, and trimmed with silk lace, a net crown, and silk ribbons. It is flat and would have sat on the back of the head


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Wedding Dress
  • Wedding Jacket
  • Wedding Bonnet
Materials and techniques
muslin and silk
Brief description
Muslin wedding dress, 1856, English, and taffeta bonnet
Physical description
White muslin dress and jacket, the bodice with a low round neck, short puff sleeves with a flounce of the same fabric attached, and a pointed waist; the attached skirt in five flounces of muslin gradually getting larger towards the hem. Jacket in matching fabric, pagoda sleeves covered in self ruching with bands of white silk ribbon around sleeve bottoms, shoulders trimmed with fringed silk ribbon and the jacket fastening down the front with bows of cream silk ribbon concealing hooks and eyes. Bonnet worn with the dress, white silk taffeta ruched and gathered, and trimmed with silk lace, a net crown, and silk ribbons. It is flat and would have sat on the back of the head
Credit line
Given by Mrs A. B. Skottowe
Object history
Worn for a wedding on April 30th 1856 by Jane Harman Manclark when she married Albert Buck of Worcester City. Her shoes are catalogued separately (see T.249&A-1965)
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
T.247&A-1965

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Record createdJune 23, 2009
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