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Wedding dress bustle
Wedding dress consisting of a long bodice, skirt, neck ruffle, bustle and apron. The bodice and skirt are of very narrow striped bright blue silk. The apron is of coffee-coloured lace or drawn thread work. Worn by Mrs Eleanor Rees (née Phillips) on her wedding at St Elvan's Church, Aberdare, 1873.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
65.278.4
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Rees, Mrs Eleanor
Association Type: Wear
Date: 1873
Place: Aberdare
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21 overall
Width
(cm): 27 overall
Width
(cm): 16 waist section
Width
(cm): 19.5 small pad
Height
(cm): c. 10cm small pad
Length
(cm): of cotton tie PL: 39cm and PR: 28cm
Width
(cm): cotton tape PL: 2.8cm and PR: 2.5cm
thickness
(cm): c. 8cm
Material
Cotton (fabric)
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