wedding dress
Summary
Full length, untrimmed dress with high sweetheart neckline. Long sleeves with shearing at the shoulders. Short opening CB with six self fabric buttons CB seam to waist. Belt loop and 1.5" belt with seven horizontal rows of stitching. Also veil of ivory net with applique ivory silk flowers. Headdress is a circlet of silk covered wire with wax orange blossom, silk leaves and pleated net. Headdress is detached. Kept in WH9.02 (above).
Object Name
wedding dress
Creators Name
Date Created
1942
Dimensions
Length: 53ins
Bust: 34ins
Waist: 26ins
accession number
1987.27
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Medium
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