tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715327810228462686.post8136357866880638859..comments2023-11-18T16:01:41.469-08:00Comments on Family Photo Reunion: The Bride Arrived in Time (And Was Exquisitely Dressed): Alice Annandale Mence, 1870-1951TheArchivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689516989780286377noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715327810228462686.post-25029944035013210022020-05-16T12:59:45.742-07:002020-05-16T12:59:45.742-07:00It certainly is. Here's the description of her...It certainly is. Here's the description of her trousseau. I had to pull out a glossary of fabric terms!<br /> <br />"The trousseau also included a lovely ball gown in creme satin duchesse with large moire antique rivieres and paniers and pointed chemisette of silk-needle run-lace, black dinner gown trimmed with jetted Berthe and Chantilly lace; charming reception or fete dress in amethyste, coloured sealing wax crepon folded bodice, with frills of lace,vest and deep belt of blood bengaline, draped skirt with petticoat of same silk, plainly cut morning gown in navy sail cloth, smart theatre bodice in dahlia Surah, trimmed with fichu of lace, tailor-made driving coat in boxcloth, in addition to a large number of other garments essential to a trousseau."<br /> TheArchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689516989780286377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715327810228462686.post-67850005182758896532020-05-15T15:20:15.528-07:002020-05-15T15:20:15.528-07:00Now that is a wedding announcement!!! I love the d...Now that is a wedding announcement!!! I love the details. Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715327810228462686.post-69921831555372783392020-05-15T15:15:02.746-07:002020-05-15T15:15:02.746-07:00A kind reader wrote to provide this link for addit...A kind reader wrote to provide this link for additional information about Alice Annandale and her lineage. Thanks Sylvester! https://annandale.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I68&tree=annandaleTheArchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689516989780286377noreply@blogger.com