Wedding Dress
1879-1880 (made), 19/02/1880 (worn)
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Wedding dress consisting of cream silk satin bodice and skirt and separate velvet train.
Bodice of cream silk satin. It has a high neck, long sleeves, and it fastens with pearls. There is a machine made lace trim at the high neck and down the centre front opening. Lined with white silk and braid. The waist band is marked.
Train of cut and uncut velvet.
Skirt of cream silk satin. It has bustle pleats at the back. The front and hips are trimmed with a panel of embroidery on net with pearls and satin stitch in a design of leaves and stiffened bell shaped flowers. Centrally there are overlapping lobes of satin trimmed with pearl fringe. The hem is lobed, coided and lace trimmed and has a pleated frill. It is unlined but has a buckram facing and a double brush frill. It fastens at the back with hooks and eyes and is provided with tapes for adjustment.
Bodice of cream silk satin. It has a high neck, long sleeves, and it fastens with pearls. There is a machine made lace trim at the high neck and down the centre front opening. Lined with white silk and braid. The waist band is marked.
Train of cut and uncut velvet.
Skirt of cream silk satin. It has bustle pleats at the back. The front and hips are trimmed with a panel of embroidery on net with pearls and satin stitch in a design of leaves and stiffened bell shaped flowers. Centrally there are overlapping lobes of satin trimmed with pearl fringe. The hem is lobed, coided and lace trimmed and has a pleated frill. It is unlined but has a buckram facing and a double brush frill. It fastens at the back with hooks and eyes and is provided with tapes for adjustment.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin, lace and net, lined with silk, imitation of pearls embroidery, velvet |
| Brief description | Wedding dress consisting of bodice, train and skirt of embroidered satin and velvet, designed by Worth, made in Paris and worn in London, 1879-1880. |
| Physical description | Wedding dress consisting of cream silk satin bodice and skirt and separate velvet train. Bodice of cream silk satin. It has a high neck, long sleeves, and it fastens with pearls. There is a machine made lace trim at the high neck and down the centre front opening. Lined with white silk and braid. The waist band is marked. Train of cut and uncut velvet. Skirt of cream silk satin. It has bustle pleats at the back. The front and hips are trimmed with a panel of embroidery on net with pearls and satin stitch in a design of leaves and stiffened bell shaped flowers. Centrally there are overlapping lobes of satin trimmed with pearl fringe. The hem is lobed, coided and lace trimmed and has a pleated frill. It is unlined but has a buckram facing and a double brush frill. It fastens at the back with hooks and eyes and is provided with tapes for adjustment. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Worth 7, Rue de la Paix' |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs G. T. Morton |
| Object history | Worn by Clara Mathews, the grandmother of the donor for her marriage at St George's Hanover Square on 19th February 1880 to Colonel Hugh Stafford. She was a natural daughter of Isaac Merritt Singer, the sewing machine pioneer. |
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| Accession number | T.62 to B-1976 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2008 |
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