Gown, Wedding

Object/Artifact

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Perth Museum

Wedding Gown: Wedding dress of cream silk faille with a bodice of cream lace over silk. The long sleeves are of lace and there is a lace trimmed peplum at the waist.
Wedding Gown

Wedding dress of cream silk faille with a bodice of cream lace over silk. The long sleeves are of lace and there is a lace trimmed peplum at the waist.

Name/Title

Gown, Wedding

Entry/Object ID

997.63.1a,b

Description

997.63.1a - Gown - Wedding dress of cream silk faille with a bodice of cream lace over silk. The long sleeves are of lace and there is a lace trimmed peplum at the waist. There is a 2 tiered, draped overskirt lavishly trimmed with lace which opens at the bottom to an undeskirt of stiffened not over silk. The bottom of the overskirt and underneath the bottom of the underskirt are trimmed in lace. 997.63.1b - Veil - Wedding headpiece of white lace with seed pearl outline trim and large pearl accents. Comb for attaching it to the hair is in front. a veil of white tulle and an underveilo of heavier net with a diamond design is attached.

Material

Silk, Lace, Pearl