{"id":19244,"date":"2023-04-27T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.org.uk\/?p=19244"},"modified":"2023-04-25T10:31:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:31:51","slug":"wedding-dresses-in-the-jmls-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.org.uk\/2023\/04\/27\/wedding-dresses-in-the-jmls-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Dresses in the JML’s Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
During my Collections Placement at the Jewish Museum London, I have been assisting in the audit of the museum\u2019s collection of clothing and textiles, as part of the wider audit project which involves looking at all 40,000 objects within the collection. The clothing in the museum\u2019s collection is incredibly eclectic, with garments originating from all around the world and ranging from the early 19th<\/sup> century to the present day. Within this extensive collection is a vast array of wedding dresses, the majority of which date from the late 1800s to the 1960s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The wedding dresses are amongst the museum\u2019s most delicate, elaborate and intricately detailed garments and are often in remarkably good condition, as these types of dresses were only intended to be worn once or subsequently worn for very special occasions. Visible wear and tear of some of the wedding dresses is of no less importance in comparison to those in pristine condition. Rather, signs of the garment being worn provides a sense of the owners\u2019 personal connection to the garments; each stain, tear or frayed edge is a sign of the owner’s love and enjoyment of wearing the garment on their wedding day and beyond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have chosen three wedding dresses from the collection to focus on in this post, in order to convey a sense of the Museum\u2019s fantastic array of such garments and how they relate to, and inform, the wider collection at the museum.<\/p>\n