Traditional Irish Wedding Gown
subject: Wedding costume
description: Cream crotchet cotton lace, Irish type (1870) Three-dimensional motifs, including roses, lilies of the valley, hanging fuchsias, morning glories, buds, and berries, interspersed among flat and folded leaves and ferns, animate the surface of this extraordinary lace dress. The naturalistic rendering and intricacy of the work set this apart from the ubiquitous formulaic designs typical of Irish crotchet lace.
creator: Lea Christiano
source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156403
publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
date: Uploaded: 2010
contributor: Savannah Mahone
rights: Public domain
relation: Ireland
format: Still image
language: eng
type: jpg
coverage: 1870
coverage: Modern Irish people from Ireland