Wedding Dress
early 1888 (made)
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Dress consisting of a jacket bodice, skirt and mantle made of bronze ribbed silk trimmed with darker brown striped silk.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk lined with cotton, silk and wool, buckram, machine-made lace, boned, and beaded |
| Brief description | Wedding dress consisting of a jacket bodice, skirt and mantle of silk lined with cotton, silk and wool, and lace, England, early 1888 |
| Physical description | Dress consisting of a jacket bodice, skirt and mantle made of bronze ribbed silk trimmed with darker brown striped silk. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs D. Weller |
| Object history | Worn by Letitia Basnet, the daughter of a Liverpool shipowner, to marry Joseph Thomas on 24 May 1888 at St Chad's Church in Tussingham |
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| Accession number | T.308 to B-1982 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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