Wedding dress
Category
Costume
Date
1925 - 1930
Materials
Silk ninon, gold thread embroidery, beading, beaded fringe.
Measurements
1040 x 430 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603661
Summary
A woman's wedding dress, flapper style, made from cream silk ninon. The surface of the dress is extensively decorated, with Cornelly embroidery in gold thread and vertical panels of silver beads in a floral motif with areas of gold thread infill. There is a silver bugle beaded fringe from the hip to the hem both front and back on the skirt. The dress is unlined and has no fastenings.
Provenance
Worn by Mrs Frank Drury, St Anne's Square, Manchester 1.6.27 - Gift via D A C H from David's aunt - see file and letter, 1980.