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

Wedding Dress

1911 (made)
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
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.39, A & B-1946

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