"2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ . . "Spray of orange blossom on piece of wire, flowers made of cloth, silvered paper oak-leaves, with silk satin ribbons."@en . "Wedding favours were small mementoes that were handed out to close friends, relatives, and others connected to the wedding. At Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840, The Times reported upon the wedding favours given to the guests:\n\n\"Every lady exhibited a white favour, some of which were admirable specimens of refined taste. They were of all sizes, many of white satin riband, tied up into bows and mixed with layers of rich silver lace. Others merely of riband intermixed with sprigs of orange flower blossom.\"\n\nBy 1840, imitation orange blossom was a popular trimming for weddings. This wedding favour, which is associated with a 1854 wedding, is on a less grand scale than Queen Victoria's favours. However, the concept is similar in that it features cloth orange blossoms, silvered paper leaves, and cream silk satin ribbon."@en . "Wedding accessories from the Nug\u00E9e family\nMany wedding artefacts are preserved because marriage is so significant an event in the lives of the participants. Some pass from one generation to the next, becoming family heirlooms. The Nug\u00E9e family kept this group of fragile objects because of their importance to the family history. The objects conjure up the romantic prettiness typical of many Victorian weddings.\n\nShoes\nChapelle\nParis, France\n1854\n\nSilk satin, cotton and leather\nV&A: T.4:1, 2-2008\n\n\nWreath\nBritain \n1854\n\nFeather and silk-wrapped wire\nV&A: T.6-2008\n\n\nWedding favours\nBritain\n1854\n\nCotton, silk, paper and wire\nV&A: T.7, 8-2008\n\n\nBridesmaid's fan\nBritain\n1854\n\nPaper leaf with metal spangles, wooden sticks and guards\nAssociated with the wedding of Elizabeth Wroughton Richards and Reverend Andrew Nug\u00E9e, 8 August 1854\nV&A: T.14-2008\n\n\nShoes\nFrance or Britain\n1887\n\nSilk satin, cotton and leather\nAssociated with the wedding of Edith Elizabeth Alston and Francis Edward Nug\u00E9e, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Nug\u00E9e, 1887\nV&A: T.5:1, 2-2008\n\nCollection given by Edward Nug\u00E9e QC [2011]"@en . "Wedding favour, spray of cloth orange blossom on wire with silvered paper oak-leaves and silk satin ribbons, Great Britain, ca. 1854"@en . .