Wedding dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1909
Materials
Lace, Metal, Muslin
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1362984.1
Summary
Part of a two piece dress of broderie anglaise muslin; Bodice - Deep gimp of pintucked muslin with high, boned neck inset with machine lace, with bobble edging; deep false collar, square to front, rounded at back with ruffled godets; hooks to front fastening (left over right). Full three quarter length sleeves with tiers of mushroom-pleated muslin frills, pintucked cuffs. Lined with muslin, apart from gimp. 1909 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's mother Margaret Ann Lodge, at her wedding to Edward Algernon Mawer, at Holy Trinity Church, Hull on 12th March 1909. See also KIL/W/05316 and 05437