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Wedding dress, muslin embroidered with cotton, England, ca. 1807, embroidered in India. Wedding dress of white muslin, embroidered to shape with white cotton. The bodice and sleeves are lined with white linen. Hand-sewn. Full length with the back extendin
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Wedding dress, muslin embroidered with cotton, England, ca. 1807, embroidered in India. Wedding dress of white muslin, embroidered to shape with white cotton. The bodice and sleeves are lined with white linen. Hand-sewn. Full length with the back extending into a long curved train. The dress has a high waist, low straight neckline and short sleeves. The sleeves were originally longer but have been cut down. The dress closes with an apron front. The side panels of the linen lining in the bodice extend into strips which are fastened (with a pin) across the chest. The muslin has been embroidered in the piece in chain stitch with a border of zig-zags enclosing flowerheads on the outside and scrolling leaves and berries on the inside; the two patterns are divided by a line of whitework which incorporates pulled threadwork. This pattern runs along the hem of the dress and diagonally across the front panel. A pair of leaf shapes which appear to have been worked at the same time as the other motifs are visible at the hem of the centre panel, possibly to mark the centre of the panel so that the decoration would lie correctly. The front facings around the neckline are trimmed with a length of fabric cut from the outer border. The fabric used for the sleeves and the back panel of the bodice is only embroidered with the zig-zag motifs. The sleeves are trimmed with muslin cuffs trimmed with silk braid which were probably added later.
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Title: Wedding dress, muslin embroidered with cotton, England, ca. 1807, embroidered in India. Wedding dress of white muslin, embroidered to shape with white cotton. The bodice and sleeves are lined with white linen. Hand-sewn. Full length with the back extendin
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Wedding dress, muslin embroidered with cotton, England, ca.
1807, embroidered in India.
Wedding dress of white muslin, embroidered to shape with white cotton.
The bodice and sleeves are lined with white linen.
Hand-sewn.
Full length with the back extending into a long curved train.
The dress has a high waist, low straight neckline and short sleeves.
The sleeves were originally longer but have been cut down.
The dress closes with an apron front.
The side panels of the linen lining in the bodice extend into strips which are fastened (with a pin) across the chest.
The muslin has been embroidered in the piece in chain stitch with a border of zig-zags enclosing flowerheads on the outside and scrolling leaves and berries on the inside; the two patterns are divided by a line of whitework which incorporates pulled threadwork.
This pattern runs along the hem of the dress and diagonally across the front panel.
A pair of leaf shapes which appear to have been worked at the same time as the other motifs are visible at the hem of the centre panel, possibly to mark the centre of the panel so that the decoration would lie correctly.
The front facings around the neckline are trimmed with a length of fabric cut from the outer border.
The fabric used for the sleeves and the back panel of the bodice is only embroidered with the zig-zag motifs.
The sleeves are trimmed with muslin cuffs trimmed with silk braid which were probably added later.
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