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Description: | It fastens centre front with nine braided buttons. The dress has set in pagoda sleeves with ends trimmed with frayed satin ribbon. It is tightly fitted to waist and flares out below in basque which dips at the back. It has a draped overskirt which is bouffant on hips, dipping at the back and edged in frayed ribbon. The full trained skirt would be worn over a bustle pad.
A cream silk grosgrain wedding dress, with round neck and shallow cream silk satin pleated ribbon neckband. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Love and Marriage Victorian (1837-1901) Fashion Wedding Day Costume Clothing | Temporal: | c.1870
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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