we found some veils in the Victoria and Albert museum. to compare
Wedding veil
Place of origin:
Brussels, Belgium (made)
Date:
1850-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker:
Unknown(production)
Materials and Techniques:
Needle lace and bobbin lace worked in linen thread
Credit Line:
Given by Mrs R. Marchard and Mrs Aronson
Museum number:
T.739-1974
Gallery location:
Fashion, room 40, case CA5
This highly fashionable veil or shawl combines both handmade needle lace and bobbin lace motifs.
The market for all qualities of lace grew in the mid 19th century.
Handmade lace was a status symbol that demonstrated wealth and position.
In the 1850s and 1860s people began to spend large quantities on luxury lace as they had done in the 18th century.
Silk lace and embroidered nets were fashionable in the early years of the 19th century.
By the 1840s delicate but richly patterned Brussels lace had become fashionable again. Manufacturers made great efforts to improve and expand the industry to meet demand.
Lace schools opened, and producers commissioned new designs from Paris.
By the mid 1840s, Brussels was again the leading centre for fashion lace.
Handmade net remained fashionable until the 1850s, when this piece was made.
and another one
Wedding veil
Place of origin:
Honiton, England (made)
Date:
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques:
Bobbin lace applied to machine-made net
Credit Line:
Given by Miss O. Matthews
Museum number:
T.110-1968
Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Large square wedding veil of machine-made net applied with Honiton bobbin lace.
Border of curving floral sprays and extended at each corner into the middle of the veil.
The centre is scattered with small sprigs.
Place of Origin
Honiton, England (made)
Date
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Bobbin lace applied to machine-made net
Dimensions
Length: 213.4 cm, Width: 213.4 cm
Descriptive line
Square wedding veil of machine-made net applied with bobbin lace, Honiton, mid 19th century
Exhibition History
Unveiled: 200 years of wedding glamour from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington 17/12/2011-22/04/2012)
The White Wedding Dress: 200 Years of Wedding Fashions (Bendigo Art Gallery 01/08/2011-06/11/2011)
Labels and date
Lace veil with pea-pods
Devon, England
About 1850
When Queen Victoria wed, she wore English lace to promote British manufacture.
She encouraged other brides to do the same.
The pattern of this Honiton lace veil includes pea-pods, which are symbols of fruitfulness and happiness.
The bride would have worn the veil attached to the back of her head, not over her face, a fashion which came later.
Honiton appliqué lace
Given by Miss O. Matthews
V&A: T.110-1968 [2011]
Materials
Net (textile); Bobbin lace
Techniques
Lace making
and ours to compare
It's an application of muslin couched onto machine made lace.
Lace like this was made in Carrickmacross, Ireland
Lace like this was made in Carrickmacross, Ireland
experts think it is of another origin and have dated it to about 1840 /1850 ish and possibly Continental, possibly even Brussels.
pomegranate
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