Wedding dress

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2018.11.26.6.CW.DR.C1920.FR
Description
Art deco ivory silk wedding dress decorated with laces on top, cords, textile flower on front, and with two pieces watteau train. Dress finishing in Brussels lace and handmade guipure. Bobbins represent the main field, needle lace represents roses within large rosettes.






 
Materials
Silk
Laces
Textile flowers
Origin
circa 1920 France (FR)

Exhibitions History
• 2011.01.28–2011.08.20. ‘Art Deco style. 1918–1939. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev.’ Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2014.10.24–2014.10.26. ‘The exhibition of the wedding dresses. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⦁ 2016.02.06–2016.03.08. ‘Secrets of Beauty. Two hundred years of Wedding Gowns fashion. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ TC Ozas Department Store, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⦁ 2016.06.01–2016.09.18. ‘Wedding Gowns 1860–2010. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Ventspils museum (The Castle of Livonian Order), Ventspils, Latvia.
⦁ 2017.11.21–2018.01.31. ‘The wedding fashion from the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ ‘Aušros’ museum Chaimas Frenkelis Villa, Šiauliai, Lithuania.
⦁ 2018.03.01–2018.06.30. ‘The Wedding Fashion from the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Castle Fall, Keila-Joa, Estonia.
• 2023.06.09–2023.09.10. ‘The Moment Before. Wedding attire early 19th century – second half of the 20th century. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2024.04.27–2024.09.15. ‘19th - 20th century Wedding Fashion. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.‘ Šilutė Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Šilutė, Lithuania.