cream machine-lace over silk (descriptive name)

Associated Mrs Cockburn-Mercer (associated name)

Wedding dress or tea gown made from cream machine-made lace (cobweb pattern) with a net bordering trim. Previously a two-piece dress, now roughly assembled at the waist with a V-neck bodice with full gathers over bust and a back cut to carry over the shoulders forming the front yoke. It has long sleeves. There is an under-bodice of silk gauze, also silk gauze frill at wrists and wired neckline.

col.2555 (colonial)

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