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outfit, wedding

human history
  • Description

    outfit, wedding: dress, cream [brocade] silk, long sleeves, cuffs & trim decorated with lines of small [pearl] beading, fabric draped loosely over but concealing bodice, fitted at waist with small bow in the centre, full length skirt; train, cream satin, layered, attached to back of skirt making sides to skirt fuller, exaggerating the hips, dress and train are fastened together using small metal fasteners, clips and hooks; white gloves, elbow length, still with packaging "Gloves by Superb"

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  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1996.222.8
  • Accession Date
    15 Jul 1996
  • Department
dress, side

Images and documents

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Artefact

  • Credit Line
    bequest of Mrs Gwen Wiley, Auckland, 1996, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1996.22.8
  • Primary Maker

     not known (Dressmaker)

  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 1918
  • Technique
  • Signature/marks

    Gloves by Suberb (designer's label)

  • Media
  • Measurement Description
    length of back (from back of neck to hem) 1580 mm (rough estimate) x width across shoulders 320 mm x length of sleeve 650 mm x width across waist 350 mm
    .2 train - length 2680mm, width across base 930mm, width across top 320mm
  • Measurement Reading

    1580mm

    320mm

    650mm

    350mm

  • Classification
  • Last Update
    21 Nov 2022
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