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Dress, Wedding

Object number2018.141.1 a-c

Date1926

MediumFabric; Cotton; Embroidery thread

Credit LineGift of Rebecca Hurst

DescriptionThree-part wedding dress comprised of dress, jacket, and apron. Wedding dress ensemble underdress. Beige fabric. Sleeveless bodice with cream-colored cotton twill shoulder tie straps and open back. Waist has red-orange embroidery with green, purple, and pink accents. Front of skirt waist is pleated. Bottom of skirt has a tall section of red-orange embroidery on the front with color accents in orange, green, purple, pink, and cream; back of skirt has shorter section of maroon embroidery. Skirt has lace edging around bottom. Wedding dress ensemble jacket. Beige fabric bodice is open down the front and has two red-orange fabric ties at the top of the proper left front panel. Front has openwork lace overlay accented with red-orange, green, pink, and yellow embroidery. Short back panel. Back of neckline and sides of front neckline are pleated. Full balloon sleeves are beige fabric with overall red-orange embroidery with color accents in orange, green, blue, purple, and pink; sleeves are gathered and pleated at the cuff with red-orange fabric ties; cuffs are ruffled have lace trim around the openings. Inside neckline at back is handwritten text in ink. Wedding dress ensemble apron. Beige fabric with pleated waist, open back, and two beige fabric ties for closure. Waist has two rows of embroidery; top row is orange thread with yellow, green, purple, and pink accents; bottom row is red-orange, yellow, green, purple, and pink embroidery. Below the waist pleats is a row of individual red-orange embroidered shapes with yellow, orange, green, purple, and pink accents. Body of apron has overall red-orange embroidery with color accents in yellow, orange, green, purple, and pink. Bottom and back opening are trimmed with beige lace. Inscriptions(b)
Inside neckline at back is handwritten text in ink that is difficult to read: "BALL..."
Historical NotesCroatian wedding dress, 1926. Viktorija Bezic wore this dress to her wedding on November 14, 1926.

Previous owner Viktorija Bezic

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