Wedding Dress
1952 (made)
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Wedding dress of white machine-embroidered Swiss organza. With sleeve and sleeve parts, dress fabric, a white cotton strapless bodice and full skirt underdress, and a petticoat crinoline of cream silk or synthetic fabric with plastic boning at the sides.
NB. The dress was altered by removing the sleeves.
NB. The dress was altered by removing the sleeves.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Machine-embroidered organza, plastic and cotton |
| Brief description | Wedding dress of machine-embroidered Swiss organza, Horrockses Fashions, England, 1952 |
| Physical description | Wedding dress of white machine-embroidered Swiss organza. With sleeve and sleeve parts, dress fabric, a white cotton strapless bodice and full skirt underdress, and a petticoat crinoline of cream silk or synthetic fabric with plastic boning at the sides. NB. The dress was altered by removing the sleeves. |
| Credit line | Given by Pamela M. Ashworth |
| Object history | This dress was specially designed and made for Pamela Taylor, who worked for Horrockses, by her employers. She wore it to marry Keith Ashworth in 1954 at St Cuthbert's Church, Southport, Lancashire. The sleeves of the dress were later removed to enable the dress to be worn as an evening dress. |
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| Accession number | T.166:1 to 7-1997 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2009 |
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