3-039-113 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marriage of Princess Louise: the Bride's Procession in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1871. 'The Queen [Victoria] on the left of the Princess,...wore a black satin dress, trimmed with crape and jet, and a diadem of diamonds over a long white tulle veil. Her Majesty wore a ruby and diamond brooch and necklace, with a diamond cross, the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter, the Orders of Victoria and Albert and Louise of Prussia, and the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family Order. The wedding dress of Princess Louise was a rich white satin, covered with a deep flounce of Honiton point lace, trimmed with cordons of orange-blossoms, white heather, and myrtle, and a train of white satin, trimmed to correspond with the dress. Her Royal Highness wore a wreath of orange-blossoms and myrtle, with a veil of Honiton lace, held by two diamond pins in the form of daisies...The dress was made by Miss Unitt, and the flowers were supplied by Mr. Nestor Sirard. The Princess had on a diamond necklace, to which was attached a large ornament of pearls and diamonds, with a sapphire in the centre, the gift of the Marquis of Lorne. She wore a diamond and emerald bracelet, given by the Prince and Princess of Wales'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.