Wedding Veil of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium

Description:

This wedding veil was designed and made for Princess Stéphanie of Belgium for her wedding to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in 1881. The Hapsburg-Lothringen shield dominates the center back of the veil, while the coat-of-arms of Belgium is in the center of the garland of 21 coats-of-arms along the border with Belgian province shields on one side and the Austro-Hungarian on the other. The name "Leon Sacré" and "Bruxelles 1880" are worked in needlepoint by the central border motif of the Belgian Lion. The veil is made in fine Brussels Point de Gaze needle lace embellished with elaborate ferns, lilies, roses and other flowers on a gossamer fine handmade ground powdered with tiny dots. Queen Henriette commissioned Leon Sacré to design the veil for her daughter to be made by the best lace makers in Belgium. It was a wedding gift from the city of Brussels

Date Made: 1880Used Date: 1881-05-101927-01-27Associated Date: 1964-06-18

Location: Currently not on view

Made At: Belgium

General Subject Association: WeddingsAdornmentCostumeUsed: CottonClassified: LaceGeneral Subject Association: Lace MakingUsed: CottonSubject: Needle Lace

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Clothing & Accessories, Family & Social Life, Lace, Textiles

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1964

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T13491Catalog Number: T13491Accession Number: 254382

Object Name: lacelace, veilObject Type: lace

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)Point de Gaze needlelace (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 123 in x 100 in; 312.42 cm x 254 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-5616-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_625575

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