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Wedding dress
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Wedding dress
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, United Kingdom (probably, made)
- Date:
early 1911 (made)
6th July 1911 (worn) - Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
silk, net and lace with beads
- Credit Line:
Given by the family of Lady Dorothy Hope Morley
- Museum number:
T.154-1973
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Wedding dress, draped tunic of beaded net and lace, tasselled beaded fringes and details; over a hobble skirted underdress. Accompanied with leather gloves and silk stockings with openwork decoration
Place of Origin
Great Britain, United Kingdom (probably, made)
Date
early 1911 (made)
6th July 1911 (worn)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
silk, net and lace with beads
Object history note
Worn by the Lady Dorothy Edith Isobel Mercer Henderson Hobart Hampden for her marriage to the Hon. Claude Hope Morley at the parish church of Hampden, Great Missenden, Bucks, on July 6th 1911
Descriptive line
Draped net and lace wedding dress over a silk hobble skirt
Materials
Silk; Beads; Lace; Net
Categories
Clothing; Fashion; Marriage
Collection code
T&F
