Wedding dress bodice
- Description
- Miss Emily Grace Gale wore this dress to her wedding. She was a milliner who worked in Exeter. Emily married Walter Vicary in 1884. It is a day dress in a deep russet colour with velvet trimmings. It has a separate bodice and skirt, which has the fashionable apron front.
- Accession Loan No.
- 123/1968/1
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Common Name
- wedding dress bodice
- Simple Name
- dress bodice
- Full Name
- wedding dress bodice
- Dimensions
- centre front length 440 mm; bust 760 mm; shoulders width 300 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Green & Sons
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Date
- 1884
- Production Year Low
- 1884
- Production Year High
- 1884
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- silk (satin); velvet
