Dutch Masters Inspired Wedding at Wadsworth Mansion Complete With Rich Texture & Old-World Romance

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[field title=”Wedding Colors”]Mustard, Navy, Maroon, Burnt Orange, Olive Green[/field]
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Rebecca and Zach often love exploring the museums of New York City and were particularly drawn to Impressionist and Dutch Masters works of art. They intentionally added nods to this throughout their wedding day with saturated colors, rich textures, and old-world influence. The design, color palette, and florals paid homage to the artwork of those periods.

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[field title=”Proposal Story”]Zach proposed on a lovely early spring walk (despite hailing earlier in the day, on Memorial Day Weekend!) through NYC’s Central Park Conservatory Garden with the couple’s dog, Rex. The couple’s friend, talented wedding photographer Rachel Leiner, hid in the nearby trees ready to capture the special moment.[/field]
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[field title=”Wedding Gown”]Becca always knew she wanted a big and dramatic dress, and she chose a beautifully ruffled ball gown from Estee Couture Bridal at Wedding Atelier NYC. In addition, as a surprise to the guests, she changed during the reception into a Marchesa Notte pale blue floral applique gown. Her and Zach changed into their second looks together , leading to some sweet and fun moments captured by the team from The Leighton & Co.[/field]
[field title=”Bridesmaid Dresses”]In a nontraditional twist, the bridesmaids wore white gowns of different textures and silhouettes of their choice. Each bridesmaid had a different colored shoe in line with the color palette (think velvet, burgundy, mustard, navy, green) and their bouquets had a matching silk ribbon. [/field]
[field title=”Groomsman Attire”]The groomsmen wore classic tuxedos from Men’s Wearhouse, and the groom wore a custom Navy with black accent tuxedo from Nita Fashions. For the reception, the groom changed into a custom Navy velvet dinner jacket, also from Nita Fashions. [/field]
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[field title=”Food & Drink”]No detail was spared! Becca and Zach wanted their guests to feel intimate, warm and cozy on this cool November day, and their food choices we a perfect pairing with this. The cocktail hour featured passed hor dourves including a mini grilled cheese and corn dog, a carving station, and a mashed potato bar. Guests were treated to several signature cocktails paying homage to the couple’s beloved dog Rex, including a “Rex-Tini” (a dirty martini), a “Rex in the City” (a Manhattan) and a drink called “The Zoomies” (a classic espresso martini). Guests were served a plated dinner with their choice of entree. The meal was finished off with two dessert stations. They chose a Milk and Cookies station and a Pie Bar (including Apple Crumble, Zach’s all time favorite dessert!) with ice cream for their guests, in addition to plated petite treats and beautiful wedding cake.[/field]
[field title=”Florals & Decor”]Becca and Zach’s November wedding was a love letter to the deeply saturated colors and lush, romantic and delightfully unexpected details found in the paintings of the Dutch Masters. The florist, Kim, used exclusively locally grown dahlias, heirloom chrysanthemums, panicle hydrangeas, scoop scabiosa, late season cosmos and all manner of seasonal foliage grown by the incredible growers of the Connecticut Flower Collective @ctflowercollective to bring all of the depth of color, texture and shape that the couple wanted. With two separate dining rooms in the Wadsworth Mansion, we decided on two different but complimentary color palettes and themes – pomegranate and persimmon. These juicy colors all came together in Becca’s bouquet, mantle piece installations, large urn arrangements and in the plant-dyed silk ribbon from Silk and Willow @silkandwillow that adorned all of the personal flowers.
The ceremony was held outdoors beneath stately Norwegian spruce trees. Kim always likes to create a design that is of the time and place so the chuppah was made using different varieties of local evergreen branches including juniper, hemlock and of course, Norwegian spruce. The design brought the soaring height of the natural landscape down to a more intimate place and made Becca’s dream of marrying beneath the trees a reality. [/field]
[field title=”Wedding Cake”]The couple wanted a classic vintage cake with cherries and Kim’s cottage confections delivered. The two tiered cake was made up of a mix of flavors — one tier was chocolate cake with coconut frosting, and the other was lemon cake with cream cheese frosting & a layer of raspberry jam. The cake was personalized a step further with an adorable cake topper of Lola holding Bugs Bunny.[/field]
[field title=”Readings, Ceremony Music, Reception Songs”]Music was an important way for Rebecca & Zach’s personalities and love story to shine on their big day — Zach and his groomsmen walked down the aisle to “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” by Deneise Williams, and Becca walked down the aisle to “Rhythm of Love” by Plain White T’s, which was the first topic of conversation Zach & Becca ever had way back in 9th grade. The couple’s first dance was to “Everlasting Love” by Carl Carlton, where they shared an upbeat choreographed dance that opened up the dance floor post-dinner.[/field]
[field title=”Special Detail #1″]Touches of the couple’s beloved dog Rex everywhere! This included Rex as a ringbearer during the ceremony, a custom crest for the couple complete with side-views of the couple’s dog Rex, with a little crown on top. This was used on the invitation suite, wedding website, and on paper goods like napkins used throughout the wedding day. As well as Rex in old-world attire on matchbooks, left for the guests to enjoy as favors.[/field]
[field title=”Special Detail #2″]Zach and Becca are very sentimental, and had touches throughout the day that nodded to their relationship as well as family ties. For example, Zach’s pocket square was custom made by Becca out of leftover fabric hemmed from her dress, the Tallit on their Chuppah was Becca’s late grandfathers, and as slow dances during the reception both Zach’s parents and Becca’s parents wedding songs played.[/field]
[field title=”Special Detail #3″]A fine art inspired seating display made of post cards from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, as well as a vintage sourced fine art book called “Lovers: 100 Works of Art Celebrating Romantic Love” by Mary Lawrence used a guest book for guests to share words of advice, love, and well wishes to the couple.[/field]
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