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Dress (Mantua) with Train

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On her wedding day in 1759 Helena Slicher wore this gown with a skirt no less than two-metres wide! The skirt is supported by large panniers, side hoops around the hips. Unusually, this dress combines two different types of court dress. The bodice with a ‘tail’ follows the English court dress, a mantua, while the loose train was popular primarily on the Continent.
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Title: Dress (Mantua) with Train
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On her wedding day in 1759 Helena Slicher wore this gown with a skirt no less than two-metres wide! The skirt is supported by large panniers, side hoops around the hips.
Unusually, this dress combines two different types of court dress.
The bodice with a ‘tail’ follows the English court dress, a mantua, while the loose train was popular primarily on the Continent.

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