The Bride-to-Be’s Wedding Veil - a photo on Flickriver

            The day of her wedding dawned sunny and bright, flooding her dressing room as she walked in.  Around her, the familiar colours, shapes and smells of her life up until now comforted her: her beloved dressing table upon which stood her silver backed brushes, comb and mirror and her bottles of scent, the paintings of her ancestors smiling beatifically down upon her, their features as familiar to her as if they lived now rather than a hundred or two hundred years ago.  And yet, there were differences today too.  Her bridal bouquet of white Madonna lilies lay on the floral sofa, whilst her beloved copy of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and her long gloves sat atop her cascading, frothy London lace wedding veil as it tumbled down from its stand and cascaded down the front of her dressing table and over her chair.  As the daughter of a squire, she may leave her family home a miss of the manor, but she will return the mistress of another as she marries a local member of the landed gentry.  Her only hope is that she is marrying as well, and as happily, as her favourite heroine, Elizabeth Bennett.

The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 19th of October is “view the V”, a theme where it is required to take a photo where something beginning with the letter v should be the main subject of the picture.  I have opted for the word and subject “veil”.  Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes.  The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled.  I have created such a scene here, where everything is comes from my 1:12 miniatures collection.  The veil is in reality a dainty piece of London made lace given to me by a friend.  I felt that the dainty flowers that run along the edge of the lace would sit nicely atop a small bride's head.  What was funny was that when I draped it over the wooden hat stand, the lace came to sit like this around the head of the stand.  It seemed perfect, almost like it wanted to be photographed that way, and I obliged.  I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!

Fun things to look for in this tableau in addition to the veil include:

The silver dressing table set on the dressing table, consisting of mirror, brushes, a comb and a lidded powder pot has been made by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces.  The selection of sparkling perfume bottles, are handmade by an English artisan for the Little Green Workshop.  Made of cut coloured crystals set in a gilt metal frames or using vintage cut glass beads they look so elegant and terribly luxurious.  The vase of flowers has been made by the Falcon Company, who specialise in high quality, realistic 1:12 miniatures, and are well known for their floral arrangements.  The gilded Rococo style vase is a hand painted miniature by artisan Rachael Munday.

The elbow length white evening gloves on the seat of the chair are artisan pieces made of kid leather.  I acquired these from a high street dolls house specialist when I was a teenager.  Amazingly, they have never been lost in any of the moves that they have made over the years are still pristinely clean.   

The dressing table, which is actually a marriage piece (two separate pieces made into one) I acquired from Kathleen Knight’s Doll House Shop in the United Kingdom.  

The dressing table chair did not come with the dressing table, although it does match nicely.  Upholstered in a very fine pink satin, it was made by the high-end dolls’ house miniature furniture manufacturer, Bespaq.  

The floral sofa and salon chair is part of a Marie Antoinette suite made by the high-end miniature furniture maker, Creal.  The bridal bouquet on the seat of the sofa is a handmade artisan piece by an unknown creator comes from Kathleen Knight’s Doll House Shop.

The wallpaper is a 1:12 size version of an Eighteenth Century pattern.  The paintings on the wall come from Marie Makes Miniatures in the United Kingdom.

Taken on: September 17, 2024

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/25 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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