Wedding headdress
Category
Costume
Date
1925
Materials
Metal, Rayon, Silk, Wax
Measurements
350 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1366349
Summary
Wedding headdress intended to be worn low over the veil, finishing just above the eyebrows with 'knots' at ears. Made of three lengths of wire, wrapped with green floss silk and rayon. Small wax buds are secured with floss along the length of all three wires. Wires bound tegether at each end with green thread, finished at both sides with bunch of wax blossoms and buds in white with green stamens, trailing stems of green cotton finished with small white wax flowers and buds.
Provenance
Found with items donated by donor above, see photograph KIL/PR/04494