Livingston Family Wedding Dress

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Title: Livingston Family Wedding Dress

Creator: Catherine Donovan

Date: 1877-1879

Description: This is a cream satin wedding dress from the late 1870s with lace, faux flowers, and faux pearl details. The faux flowers adorn the neckline, each sleeve, and the front of the skirt bordering a pleated center panel. The lace is found at the cuff of each sleeve as well as the neckline, the back of which is adorned with the pearls. There are satin ribbons wrapped around each cuff and tied into a bow. The bodice and skirt are separate at the front, where the bodice laces closed, and there is a hook and eye closure at the center back of the skirt and at the ends of a ribbon attached to the bodice lining where the maker information is stamped. The back of the skirt features a 17.5"bustle at center back of the waistline and the fabric below is pleated down to the hem of the train. The entire hem of the skirt features two layers of accordion pleated satin. There are layers and layers of lace and ruffles lining the train and the ? makes up the rest of the skirt's lining. The bodice is lined in ?? The cream muslin petticoat has panels of lace with a bow pattern along the bottom half, a mint green ribbon fed through a channel created with the first panel of lace, and a grosgrain ribbon side closure.

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