Maryannes Power Point Victorian Funeral Clothing

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Maryannes Power PointVictorian Funeral Clothing

• What was worn in the days
• of the Queen?

• The mourning dress of Queen Victoria became
  the style of the high societies in England and
  made its way across the Atlantic to the U.S.

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Queen Victoria

• Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840,
  and he died in 1861. Although Victoria was only
  42 years-old when he died, she remained in
  mourning for the remainder of her life--40 years.
  In respect to the queen, prominent women from
  England to the states followed her style of
  mourning dress. Even to this day some of her
  style still exsist.

• Victoria and Albert's Wedding Picture

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The Stages of Mourning Dress

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• The First stage
• Black was the traditional
• color of mourning because it
• symbolized night and an absence and joy of light.

• The Last stage
• Also known as half mourning, the colors
  permitted were gray, mauve, purple and white.

• The Second stage
• In this stage women were
• allowed to add white to the
• cuff or around the collar.

• Wearing mourning dress helped to identify the
  mourner, showed respect for the deceased. It
  encouraged the sympathy of the community and
  matched the wearers mood

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Mourning Jewelry

• Collectables

• Victorian mourning jewelry mirrored the
  lives and times of the people who wore it. It was
  a souvenir to remember a loved one, a reminder to
  the living of the inevitability of death, and a
  status symbol, especially during the Victorian
  era.  This jewelry was generally made of
  materials such as jet, gutta-percha, gold,
  pinchbeck, and human hair.

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Resources and Personal Links

• Victorian Mourning Etiquette
• Morbid Outlook
• Museum of Funeral Customs
• Personal Links
• My Index Page
• CS 101 Website Construction Page
• Northern Michigan University
• marybrow_at_nmu.edu