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Description: | 2-piece wedding dress in cream silk satin trimmed with ruched satin and cream machine-embroidered net. Bodice; fastening cb with 21 hooks and eyes; cross-over satin bands over chest with flap below (which forms a bloused effect when tucked into belt); ruched and embroidered net-edged bolero fronts continuing round back and fastening with hooks and eyes over bodice-lining; embroidered net jabot infill at neck, with high collar; full "18th century" style sleeves, pleated into shoulder and ending at elbows with ruched gathering and full net ruffles. Separate matching forearm sleeves. Bodice fully lined cream cotton sateen, onto which the outer bodice is attached. All seams are machine-sewn. Skirt; cream cotton sateen lining with silk satin over-skirt with a pointed, scalloped edge, trimmed with bands of ruched satin in bow motifs. Hem trimmed with 4 satin flounces (increasing to 6 at the back train) with machine-tucked edges. Long train padded with buckram and with an inner fru-fru lace edging. Narrow cotton tape waistband, fastening to left front with 2 brass hooks and eyes. Corselette-belt; pleated satin with long bone cb and 3 shorter bones at front, all with ruching above. Fastening at right front with 4 hooks and eyes. Sleeves; separate forearm sleeves in floral machine-embroidered net with scalloped cuffs and 4 hooks and eyes to attach to bodice. Veil; cream net with floss silk machine embroidery to each corner. (Original coloured confetti still attached) Headdress; white wax orange blossom with green leaves, wired as a semi-circlet.
Material: silk
Material: satin
Material: embroidered | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.9976 | Go to resource |
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