Wedding dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1906
Materials
Lace, Net, Satin
Measurements
350 mm (Length)310 mm (Length)580 mm (W)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1364490.1
Summary
Part of a wedding dress; Bodice - Cream satin. Wide neck, short puffed, ruched sleeves over net underbodice (perished). Pouched front over folded sash. Lavishly trimmed with Brussels Duchesse lace and applied self fabric, net flowers and leaves. 1906 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's mother Alice Edgeley Watson, m. Richard Willis 15th November 1906. N.B Group photograph in Store 64, photograph box 139