Wedding dress skirt
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.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 123/1968/2
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Material
- silk, satin | velvet | | |
- Common Name
- wedding dress skirt
- Simple Name
- dress skirt
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1884
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Green & Sons
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High