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Wedding Dress

1892 (worn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White grosgrain bodice and skirt, high collar and short slightly puffed sleeves, trimmed pearl beads and chiffon, machine embroidered net flounces, separate train attaching to nape of neck and sides of skirt in white figured silk satin. With a pair of white satin heeled shoes decorated with white satin bows

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Wedding Bodice
  • Wedding Skirt
  • Wedding Train
  • Wedding Shoe
  • Wedding Shoe
Materials and techniques
silk, satin, lace
Brief description
Wedding dress and shoes, 1892, English, worn by Mary Fox to her wedding
Physical description
White grosgrain bodice and skirt, high collar and short slightly puffed sleeves, trimmed pearl beads and chiffon, machine embroidered net flounces, separate train attaching to nape of neck and sides of skirt in white figured silk satin. With a pair of white satin heeled shoes decorated with white satin bows
Dimensions
  • Skirt length: 111.8cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Shoes toe to heel length: 24.1cm (each) (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Credit line
Given by Miss W.M. Deans
Object history
Worn by Mary Fox to marry Harold Dean, 29 September 1892, in St Pancras, London. The dress was made in London. We also have the bride's silk nightgown worn for the honeymoon (see T.260-1958)
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
T.259-1958

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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