Court dress
Category
Costume
Date
1937 - 1938
Materials
Lame, Metal
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363355.1
Summary
Part of court dress and accessories; Gold and white lame with weft figured fern leaf design; full length; square neckline, pleated shoulder straps, draped bodice (held by inner straps) with pleating to right, darted back bodice with 25 covered buttons (decorative) concealing press-stud and hook fastening to back opening; full length skirt gored from high waistline, so that bais forms slight train. 1937 - 1938 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's mother Lady Furness , to present Mrs Bayley, her cousin's wife, at the last court before the second world war, worn with feathers and veil KIL/W/05687.11