Wedding dress slip
Category
Costume
Date
1933
Materials
Silk, silk satin, hooks & eyelets.
Measurements
1470 x 420 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 605007.2
Summary
A woman's wedding underdress, part of an ensemble, made from pale pink silk. The sleeveless underdress has a pale pink silk ground, V-shaped on the bodice both front and back, with the lower half of the skirt made from finely pleated oyster silk satin. The bodice is unlined, the pleated silk skirt is lined with pale pink silk and the underdress fastens on the left hand side with ten hooks and eyelets, intact.
Provenance
Gift of Melo Lenox-Conyngham. Worn by Laura Alexander Lenox-Conyngham.