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Description: | White wilk crepe, white silk crepe chiffon and white plain weave silk. Bodice is constructed of three layers built onto one another.
Bottom layer : White plain weave silk with wide round neck edged with lace. Front fastening with eight hooks and eyes. Short sleeves edged with lace. Middle layer : Silk crepe chiffon with high round neck. Fastened on left shoulder with five hooks and eyes, seven hooks and eyes down left side. Layers caught together at shouders and round neck. Long unshaped sleeves of silk crepe and built onto bottom layer. bottom of sleeve is trimmed with applique net embroidered with white floss silk and silver thread. Top layer : Silk crepe. Sleeveless. Low round neck. Left shoulder fastened with three hooks and eyes. Caught to middle layer round neck and waist. Sides extend round to fasten at CB with two hooks and loops, under double falling sash of silk crepe with pointed ends. Bow made up of pearls. Skirt fastens on left with seven snaps. Panel of net embroidery on front panel. Embroidery intensifies towards hem. Dress preservers underarm.
Veil : White silk net. Square, double row of white floss silk round hem, folded diagonally with lower point falling lower than upper. Fold line turned over itself several times in middle to form headband, extended each side by a length of narrow silk ribbon. Sprigs of orange blossom (some missing) all along band. Veil in poor condition.
Technique: embroidering
Technique: appliqued
Material: silk | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.19478 | Go to resource |
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