1890 Mode Illustrée wedding gown
Mode Illustrée pattern 21st September 1890
Silk brocade and lace
Finding the dress pattern amongst the others
Skirt and train pattern
First toile
The toile shown at an exhibition
Bodice cut in brocade
Sewing the bodice on the hand cranked machine…as would have been done at the time.
Overcasting the seam edges by hand.
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