Wedding dress skirt
Category
Costume
Date
1906
Materials
Satin, Silk taffeta
Measurements
1440 mm (Length)580 mm (W)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1364490.2
Summary
Part of a wedding dress; Skirt - Cream satin. Matching skirt, plain, part pleated and part gathered at waist, falling into deep pleats at the back. Slightly trained and lined with silk taffeta. Badly perished. Label at the waist 'Miss Clarke, Philadelphia P.A'. 1906 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's mother Alice Edgeley Watson, m. Richard Willis 15th November 1906. N.B Group photograph in workroom.
Marks and inscriptions
Miss Clarke, Philadelphia P.A. (dress tape at waist)