Wedding Dress
early 1911 (made), 6th July 1911 (worn)
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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
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | silk, net and lace with beads |
| Brief description | Draped net and lace wedding dress over a silk hobble skirt |
| 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 |
| Credit line | Given by the family of Lady Dorothy Hope Morley |
| Object history | 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 |
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| Accession number | T.154-1973 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2008 |
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