Wedding Shirt Front
1848 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This is a fragment of an embroidered shirt worn by the donor's father, Edward Moseley Perkins, when he married Octavia Shuter at Coulsdon, Surrey, on Nov 9 1848. During the early Victorian period many bridegrooms chose shirts like this to wear to their weddings. The shirt fronts, which are typically hand-embroidered in white cotton, were visible above the top edge of the wearer's waistcoat.
This shirt-front is beautifully worked with acorns and oak-leaves in a variety of textured stitches. The acorns are worked in satin and buttonhole stitch, while the oak-leaves are filled in with a dense mass of small knots. Acorns are a good luck symbol, and oak leaves represent constancy, strength and longevity, making them a very auspicious choice for a bridegroom.
This shirt-front is beautifully worked with acorns and oak-leaves in a variety of textured stitches. The acorns are worked in satin and buttonhole stitch, while the oak-leaves are filled in with a dense mass of small knots. Acorns are a good luck symbol, and oak leaves represent constancy, strength and longevity, making them a very auspicious choice for a bridegroom.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | embroidered cotton cambric |
| Brief description | M, 1848c, British; Cambric, embroidered. Fragment |
| Physical description | Fragment of a man's cambric shirt front embroidered with oak leaves and acorns. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Herbert Terry |
| Object history | This shirt was worn by Edward Moseley Perkins when he married Octavia Shuter at Coulsdon, Surrey, on Nov 9 1848. They were the donor's parents |
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| Summary | This is a fragment of an embroidered shirt worn by the donor's father, Edward Moseley Perkins, when he married Octavia Shuter at Coulsdon, Surrey, on Nov 9 1848. During the early Victorian period many bridegrooms chose shirts like this to wear to their weddings. The shirt fronts, which are typically hand-embroidered in white cotton, were visible above the top edge of the wearer's waistcoat. This shirt-front is beautifully worked with acorns and oak-leaves in a variety of textured stitches. The acorns are worked in satin and buttonhole stitch, while the oak-leaves are filled in with a dense mass of small knots. Acorns are a good luck symbol, and oak leaves represent constancy, strength and longevity, making them a very auspicious choice for a bridegroom. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.147-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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