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Wedding dress

Wedding dress
 1949

Medium
cotton, satin (silk), wax, paper, metal, plastic, foil
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Inez Alice Houston (née Stranks), 2010
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
cotton, satin (silk), wax, paper, metal, plastic, foil
Measurements
(a) 258.0 cm (centre back) (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 16.0 × 7.0 × 3.5 cm (small shoe)
(c) 16.5 × 5.2 × 4.0 cm (small shoe)
(d) 12.5 × 12.0 × 0.5 cm (horseshoe)
(e) 12.0 × 14.0 × 0.5 cm (horseshoe)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2010.508.a-e
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Inez Alice Houston (née Stranks), 2010
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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