Wedding Dress

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This object consists of 3 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Artist/Maker	Dickins & Jones (retailer)
Place of origin	England (made)

White satin wedding dress trimmed with cream lace, front of skirt with inset band of lace over satin edged with buttons, bodice with lace yoke and low square neckline edged with muslin frills and filled in with lace and a high collar of lace and cream satin, white satin belt and sash with fringed end, long satin train lined in muslin, stiff silk skirt lining. Petticoat of white satin frilled with concertina pleats around hem. Veil of white net with edging of white silk

Object details

Categories	Marriage Fashion Clothing Womenswear
Object type	Wedding dress
Parts	This object consists of 3 parts. Wedding Dress Wedding Petticoat Wedding Veil
Materials and techniques	Satin Lace Net (Textile) Silk (Textile) Muslin Dress-Making
Brief description	Satin wedding dress, petticoat and veil, 1911, English; Dickins & Jones
Physical description	White satin wedding dress trimmed with cream lace, front of skirt with inset band of lace over satin edged with buttons, bodice with lace yoke and low square neckline edged with muslin frills and filled in with lace and a high collar of lace and cream satin, white satin belt and sash with fringed end, long satin train lined in muslin, stiff silk skirt lining. Petticoat of white satin frilled with concertina pleats around hem. Veil of white net with edging of white silk
Dimensions	Wedding dress length: 148.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Wedding dress circumference: 58.4cm (of waist) (Note: measurement converted from department register) Wedding dress length: 60.9cm (of train) (Note: measurement converted from department register) Petticoat circumference: 71.1cm (of waist) (Note: measurement converted from department register) Petticoat length: 104.1cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Veil length: 228.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) Veil width: 213.4cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Credit line	Given by Miss Olive Matthews
Associated objects	T.3-1947 (Ensemble) T.3A-1947 (Ensemble)
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.39, A & B-1946

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Record created	June 22, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O251122/wedding-dress-dickins--jones/

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