E.1978.30_06
Type
dress; wedding dress
Date
1884
Materials
silk, cotton, metal, horsehair
Description
Women’s dress or wedding dress, consisting of bodice and matching skirt, in grey corded silk. Bodice with small, standing collar, fitted, decorated with gathered panel around neck pleated vertically down either side. Fastening centre front with eighteen metal buttons and metal buckle. Full-length sleeves. Lined in cream cotton. Skirt, full-length, pleated onto the waistband with majority of pleating into centre back. Decorated with grey and white striped silk velvet panels a-symmetrically arranged. Lined with brown cotton with horsehair panels.
Category
DRESS
Measurements
bust: 840 mm; footprint: 600 mm x 700 mm; waist: 560 mm