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Description: | peach silk crepe; peach silk (or rayon Leavers machine-made lace (allover pattern of rows of oval frames with half-solid 'clouds' on net ground, enclosing Chinese lotus flower above V of leafy stems in net, on half-solid ground; large mesh ground between frames enclosing half-solid spots with concentric rings of liner; at bottom scalloped edge formed by the ovals, curves with tabs between), bodice: one front of crepe to low waist; gathers on shoulders; round neck, bound with crepe; 2 side fronts of lace cut to meet at centre front waist; collar of 2 pieces of crepe; centre back seam extending down sides of lace to flat bow at centre front waist; V of neck filled with pleated crepe; one back of lace over crepe; lace and crepe separately seamed
sleeves: long, one piece of lace to deep cuff of pleated crepe; slightly gathered to wristband of crepe; small bow of 4 loops on outside
skirt: 2 pieces of pleated crepe; overskirt of lace pleated to waist; seamed at left side
fastening: none, Worn by Mrs Hilda Harrison who married John Harrison at West Bridgford Methodist Church in 1927. At the time she was secretary to the Managing Director of Vickers & Hine Ltd, Lace Manufacturers, 16 Stoney St * Nottingham
Accession number: NCMG 2006-90/1 | Subjects: | costume (women's) lace (machine-made : Leavers) | Temporal: | 1927 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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