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dress

T6055 with short sleeved bodice (image/tiff)
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Summary

: T6055

: Social History

: dress

: Wedding dress with skirt and two bodices. Ivory silk. Both bodices have gathered detail at pointed waist front. One has high neck and long sleeves, finished at the cuff with a section of embroidered tulle net. the second bodice (attached to he skirt) has a wide neck and short sleeves and would have been worn as an evening dress. 1850s.

Wedding Dresses

Current Location

On Display at Blaise Castle House Museum, Room 6

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