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Wedding dress

UNKNOWN, Australia (dressmaker)
Wedding dress
 (c. 1885)

Medium
silk (satin), cotton, metal

Measurements
(a) 53.0 cm (centre back) 40.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 112.0 cm (centre back) 39.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 92.0 cm (centre back) 137.0 cm (width) (train)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Joycelyn Nixon and her family in memory of their mother Onnie Jean Nixon, 2010

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Melbourne), Victoria

Accession Number
2010.29.a-c

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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