DRESS: WEDDING, CREAM LACE AND CREPE DE CHINE, MARION SPARKES

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1934

Subcollections

Overview

a) Full length silk machine-made lace wedding dress, floral patterns. Voluminous sleeves gathered at forearm to long narrow cuff. Dress opened at left waist and cuffs, fastened with press studs. Dress has inserts at hem giving flared appearance. Made from synthetic lace, machine made. Bishop sleeves with a cuff that extends over the hand. V-neck line with piped edge.
b) Plain machine made silk petticoat worn beneath dress, designed to overall shape of dress.

Historical information

Dress is described in The West Australian 18 February 1934.
'The bride entered the church on the arm of her father, gracefully attired in a charming gown of cream French macrame lace reaching to her feet and a shoulder train of finest cream crepe de chine lined with pale blue georgette and a beautifully embroidered veil and a Russian coronet of tulle and orange blossom buds and diamante trimmings, and carried a beautiful sheaf of white roses and lilies and heather.'
Wedding 2 February 1934 was at St Andrew's Church, corner Pier Street and St Georges Terrace, Perth. It was a very hot day, the donor remembers it being approx 105 degrees. Mr and Mrs Sims then went to live in Tareena Street, Hollywood. Mrs Sims made the wedding dress for herself.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1984.217a-b

Item type

Textiles

Material

Lace

Keywords

SPARKES, (later SIMS), Marion

Weddings

Dressmaking

SIMS, Frederick F