Wedding dress bodice
Category
Costume
Date
1878
Materials
Moire silk
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1365716
Summary
Part of a black silk moire two piece dress; Bodice, fitted hip length bodice with round neck and fourteen front button fastening. Skirt with apron front and added panels, pleating and frill detail and trained back. 1878 (circa)
Provenance
Donor - Mrs Foster (thought to be wedding dress of donor's great grandmother, Alice Robins).