"Wedding dress with detachable sleeves\nBritain\n1828\n\nEliza Larken wore this dress to marry William (later 6th Baron) Monson at St Giles-in-the-Fields Church in London on 8 May 1828. The dress has short sleeves but it has been displayed with the matching over-sleeves worn by the bride to make it suitable for a church wedding. She completed her outfit with a net cap trimmed with lace.\n\nDress: silk trimmed with silk satin and silk bobbin lace, lined with cotton\nCape: silk partially lined with silk\nV&A: T.124:1, 2; 374:1, 2-2009 [2011]"@en . . . .