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Wedding Dress

1834 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Wedding dress consisting of a pelisse robe with large imbecile sleeves and bell shaped skirt. It is made of white muslin with self coloured cotton embroidery in a formal floral pattern. There is a bow of satin at ankle height, in the front of the skirt. The dress is lined with silk and fastens at the neck and waist with black metal hooks and eyes. There is an additional silk tying ribbon inside the waist.

Object details

Categories
Marriage
Fashion
Clothing
Day Wear
Embroidery
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Wedding dress
Materials and techniques
Muslin embroidered with cotton and lined with silk
Muslin
Silk Satin
Embroidery
Brief description
Wedding dress of embroidered muslin, England, 1834.
Physical description
Wedding dress consisting of a pelisse robe with large imbecile sleeves and bell shaped skirt. It is made of white muslin with self coloured cotton embroidery in a formal floral pattern. There is a bow of satin at ankle height, in the front of the skirt. The dress is lined with silk and fastens at the neck and waist with black metal hooks and eyes. There is an additional silk tying ribbon inside the waist.
Dimensions
  • Waist circumference: 57.5cm
  • Diaphragm circumference: 57.5cm
  • Shoulder to shoulder, approximate width: 38cm
  • Bodice length: 30cm
  • Overall length, front length: 124cm
  • Overall length, back length: 131cm
  • Sleeve length, approximate length: 67cm
  • Wristband circumference: 15cm
  • Hem circumference: 330cm
  • Skirt, front length: 92cm
  • Skirt back length: 95cm
Dimensions taken by Conservation for Wedding Dress mounting, 2009
Gallery label
(2011)
White muslin dress and cape
Britain
1834

White muslin was popular for wedding dresses in the first half of the 19th century. This embroidered example is thought to have been worn by Mary-Anne-Grace Quin, who married Herbert Mayo, a broker in colonial commodities, in London on 3 November 1834.

Dress: muslin, embroidered with cotton, lined with silk, with replica collar
Cape: muslin, embroidered with cotton
Given by Miss Gaster (dress) and Miss S. Cowdell (cape)
V&A: T.63, 114-1973
Credit line
Given by Miss Gaster
Object history
Associated with a wedding in the Mayo family, possibly that of Mary-Anne-Grace Quin to Herbert Mayo at St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, London, on 3 November 1834.

The donor of this pelisse also donated Mary-Anne-Grace's daughter's wedding dress of 1869 to the V&A (see T.64-1973)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.63-1973

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166833/wedding-dress-unknown/
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