Wedding dress with leg of mutton sleeves Wedding gown made of cream-colored ottoman silk, consisting of a body (a) and a skirt with drag (b), Wedding gown made of cream-colored ottoman silk, consisting of a body (a) and a skirt with a drag (b). Model: The high-necked body with upright collar is fitted with ribs. Below is a semicircular shoulder pass with vertical shrug. A wide strip of lace was attached to this on the wedding day (now missing). Below blousend up to the wide waistband. Wide, puffing sleeves that close tightly from the elbow and end at the hand in a point. Closure by means of hooks and eyes in the side seam. Closure of dress in the center back also with hooks and eyes. The waistband is wrinkled in the middle of the back and therefore narrower at the closure. The skirt is fairly straight with pleats in the center back. On the skirt a sleeveless bodice of linen and trimmed with lace, which was worn under the silk torso. The skirt is lined with linen with along the hem a wrinkled ruffle trimmed with lace, Groningen, Anna Clara Lieftinck, gentleman Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1879-1969), M.A. van Asch, Amsterdam, 8-Nov-1908, geheel, voering, haken en ogen, l 139 cm × l 224 cm × w 68 cm

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