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Subiaco Museum > Records

DRESS: PURE SILK CREAM WEDDING DRESS

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1933

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Overview

Cream coloured, pure silk satin calf length dress. Cowl neck and butterfly sleeves. Bias cut fabric that drapes over body. It was a wedding dress for a slight person. It has a gored skirt. Perspiration stains underarm. It was machine made with some hand stitching.

A gored skirt is made using triangular pieces of material so that it is tight at the top and flared (= wide) at the bottom: The gowns were in the Belle Époque style popular around 1900, with tiny sashed waists and gored skirts.

Worn by Mrs. Janet Holt nee Clement at her marriage with George Holt in 1933. They lived at 14 Campbell Street, Subiaco, W.A.

Historical information

Worn by Mrs Janet Holt at marriage with George Holt.They lived at 14 Campbell Street, Subiaco. W.A.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1984.170

Item type

Material

Width

400 mm

Height or length

1390 mm

Keywords

CLEMENT (later HOLT), Janet

Campbell Street [14], Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

A wedding frock worn by a local resident Mrs Janet Holt.

Public Location

DISP.MUSEUM.RECEPTION2

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