Asdghig Eramian and Vahan Kouyoumdjian’s wedding

Gender information of the object: 
Author: 
Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra
Charlotte Steffen
Type: 
Primary Material: 
Source: 
Berge Eramian Archive
Code: 
343
Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra
Charlotte Steffen
Description: 
The photograph shows Asdghig Eramian and Vahan Kouyoumdjian’s wedding. The groom is wearing a dark-coloured western-style suit with a white shirt and bow tie. He also has a small brooch pinned to his lapel. In his left hand he is holding a pair of white gloves. The bride is wearing a long white, western-style wedding dress and elbow-length gloves. She is further accessorised with a medium-length hooded veil, which is decorated with flowers in the front and an elegant embroidered ending. All bridesmaids are wearing similar in style, long white dresses with slightly ruffled sleeves and three horizontal ruffled stripes around the lower part of the dress, also wide-brimmed hats and white gloves. Hats and gloves were crucial to a respectable appearance for both sexes. The two bridesmaids on the right are further accessorised with pearl necklaces. Two of the flower girls are standing at the front and the other two are sitting on the floor. They are all wearing western-style dresses with ruffles. The dresses of the three of them are sleeveless, while the dress of the girl on the right has puffed sleeves. All the girls are wearing different styles of flower crowns. The little boy in the centre is wearing a white shirt with a collar and dark-coloured overalls with braces to hold them up.