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Wedding dress as a status symbol

Madame Heymans Besselink · 1902 · Brussels point de gaze; duchesse lace; naaldkant; kant (techniek); kant (materiaal)

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About this work

On the 2nd of June 1902 Elisabeth P. Fok Fraterman married Jan van Eijck in Utrecht. Her fashionable wedding-dress was made by the renowned atelier of Mrs Heymans Besselink who – according to tradition – ordered the lace for the wedding-dress in Bruxelles. No expenses were spared and for the skirt alone 11 meters of satin duchesse was used. This silk is of old the fabric for wedding-dresses.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

wedding dress corsage Elisabeth Petronella Fok Fraterman Utrecht

Credit lineTrouwjurk als statussymbool. 1902. Madame Heymans Besselink. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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