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Wedding day dress Item Info

Wedding day dresses, showing heavily decorated bodices with lace chemisettes and overlays, still emphasizing a small waist. Wedding dress has jewel neckline, long sleeves with ruffle cuffs, a triple layered full skirt, and a full length veil attached to a floral headpiece. The bridesmaid's (?) dress has a bateau neckline, short sleeves, and a paneled overskirt ending at the knee, each panel is edged with lace ruffles and trimmed with daisies; the underskirt is full length, plain on top, and has 3 rows of ruffles above the hem. The young woman has a lace edged, bateau neckline, yoked waistline, and a full skirt. The other women's hair is fairly simple and decorated with flowers. (Published for Le Moniteur de la Mode, by L.G. Levy and Company, Philadelphia).
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Title:
Wedding day dress
Date Created:
1851
Description:
Wedding day dresses, showing heavily decorated bodices with lace chemisettes and overlays, still emphasizing a small waist. Wedding dress has jewel neckline, long sleeves with ruffle cuffs, a triple layered full skirt, and a full length veil attached to a floral headpiece. The bridesmaid's (?) dress has a bateau neckline, short sleeves, and a paneled overskirt ending at the knee, each panel is edged with lace ruffles and trimmed with daisies; the underskirt is full length, plain on top, and has 3 rows of ruffles above the hem. The young woman has a lace edged, bateau neckline, yoked waistline, and a full skirt. The other women's hair is fairly simple and decorated with flowers. (Published for Le Moniteur de la Mode, by L.G. Levy and Company, Philadelphia).
Subject (Topic):
Clothing and dress Costume Fashion Fashion prints Fashion drawing
Language:
zxx
Source:
Mary A. Barton fashion illustration collection
Call Number:
RS 21/7/9
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w98n57
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
15.2x25.4 cm
Genre:
fashion plates
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Mary A. Barton fashion illustration collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9jh3d25v
Identifier:
fashionplates133
Filename:
21-7-9_barton_4-23-1.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9h39d

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"Wedding day dress", Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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