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Description: | cream Leavers lace; diaper of bunches of flowers centres with lattice of liner, with leaves, looped stems enclosing filings and zigzags of square spots between flowers, ground powdered with oval rings edged with scallops of 3 flowers with another flower above, curved stem with leaf tabs below, flower at centre, loops and leaves at end ('Witchcraft' lace made by A.C. Gill Ltd, Nottingham), 'ballerina' length; bodice: one front, 2 waist darts, 2 sloped bust darts; neckline of scallop edge of lace at base of neck; one back, 2 waist darts, neck as front; short shoulder seams
sleeves: long, one piece, 3 darts at elbow; wrist edges sloped to scallop of lace; placket fastening 2 press-studs
skirt: 6 flared panels, fitting smoothly at waist; bottom edge with scallop edge of lace
fastening: 'Lightning' metal zip in left side seam, worn by Mrs Bewley with NCM 1999-17/2 under-dress; /3 veil for her wedding at Mapperley Methodist Church, Woodborough Rd, Nottingham on 7.9.1957. See copy photographs
Accession number: NCM 1999-17/1 | Subjects: | costume (women's) lace (machine-made : Leavers) | Temporal: | 1957 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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