Wedding Veil of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
date: label: date made
content: 1880
label: used date
content: 1881-05-10
label: used date
content: 1927-01-27
label: associated date
content: 1964-06-18
notes: label: Description
content: 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
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: Belgium
topic: label: general subject association
content: Weddings
label: general subject association
content: Adornment
label: general subject association
content: Costume
label: used
content: Cotton
label: classified
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Lace Making
label: used
content: Cotton
label: Subject
content: Needle Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1964
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13491
label: catalog number
content: T13491
label: accession number
content: 254382
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, veil
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Point de Gaze needlelace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 123 in x 100 in; 312.42 cm x 254 cm