Wedding dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1880
Materials
Cotton, Glazed cotton, Net, Silk
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363130.1
Summary
Wedding dress bodice - Part of a two piece wedding dress of cream ribbed silk with accessories. Bodice close fitting seamed and darted to shape; square neckline bordered bias-cut pleated panels with small turnover collar at back; front opening with fifteen knitted silk buttons; piped edge to shaped waistline and triple pointed basque tabs to back; plain coat sleeves; neckline and wrists edged with modern needlerun net. Lined in glazed cotton (basques lined with silk twill and weighted); heavily boned (some bones missing).
Provenance
Worn by Marion Gibbon for wedding to William Beeman (doner's great uncle) in Philadelphia, with the accessories. Gloves are missing - had one finger slit for ring. Worn subsequently by donor for own wedding in 1948.