Wedding Dress
1961 (made)
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Wedding dress of embroidered cream Duchesse satin with a satin underskirt.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered satin with beads, diamanté and pearls, silk ribbon, tulle, lined with silk |
| Brief description | Wedding dress of embroidered satin with and underskirt, embroidered by Eveline Gordon, designed by Owen Hyde Clarke for Worth London, England, 1961 |
| Physical description | Wedding dress of embroidered cream Duchesse satin with a satin underskirt. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Gallery label | In sumptuous satin traditionally associated with wedding finery, this dress has details that are unmistakably of the 1960s. These include the simple high and round neckline and the gently belled skirt. The tightly fitted sleeves reach to points over the hands and fasten with a row of tiny covered buttons and rouleaux loops.(1997) |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Worn 18 November 1961 at St John's Wood Church. |
| Bibliographic reference | De la Haye, Amy (ed.). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947- 1997. London, England: V&A Publications, 1997.
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| Accession number | T.868&A-1974 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2003 |
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