Description

Musee du Costume et de la Dentelle, Bruxelles, Published date: 1980. Softcover, printed paper wrappers; 60 pp plus 35 unnumbered pages of plates; 23 cm. Text in French; exhibition catalog. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographic reproductions of wedding costumes, lace, accessories, and period fashion illustrations. In good+ condition. Original illustrated paper covers have creasing to the back cover with light shelf wear and mild edge wear; light rubbing at corners; small surface scuffs. Binding sound. Previous owner name in ink at the top of the title page; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with "Autour d'une corbeille de mariage, 150 ans de parure," held at the Musee du costume et de la dentelle, Ville de Bruxelles, from 31 octobre 1980 to 4 janvier 1981. The catalog documents 150 years of Belgian bridal dress and ceremonial adornment, focusing on noble and bourgeois marriage traditions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Essays and catalog entries examine wedding garments, veils, lace, trousseaux, and accessories as expressions of social status, fashion, and ritual, accompanied by an extensive photographic plate section illustrating representative examples from museum and private collections.