Wedding Gown: Wedding Dress

Description:

Two piece woven ivory silk beaded wedding dress. Top features short sleeves with lace flounces, lace also around neck and down the front. Bodice has ten round buttons down front, each with crocheted covering. Extensive beading on front and side panels of skirt, knife pleats at waist, long train. Handmade lace. Originally work in 1884, altered 1904 and again in 1934. Except for part of the lower part of the skirt train, the dress in good condition. Dress stored with amber necklace wrapped in it. Phosphorous from the amber ate through the silk fabric, leaving large holes. Darlington Park & Co., circa 1880-1889.

Date Issued:

[1880 TO 1889]

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries

Collection:

Digital Dress Collection

Subject Topic:

Wedding costume, Embroidery, Beadwork, Clothing and dress, and History

Format:

clothing

Rights:

(c) 2002 Wayne State University. All images associated with the Fashion Design & Merchandising Online Historic Costume Collection are protected by United States copyright law. Duplication or sale of all or part of any of the data or images is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your non-commercial research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. You must obtain permission for any other use.

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:ws88.85