Veil
Production date
Circa 1853
Description
A cream-coloured lace wedding veil. The lace is made up of a floral pattern stitched onto netting that resembles Margot-style lace with its scroll designs and long-stemmed flowers.
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Object detail
Production date
Circa 1853
Production period
Classification
Credit line
This
veil
was
given
to
Mr
Richard
Sortain-Smith
by
his
second
cousin
Ava
(Evelyn
Rushton
Gardner).
It
is
not
certain
who
the
veil
originally
belonged
to
but
it
is
thought
that
it
may
have
been
worn
by
Mary
Britt
Foley
on
her
wedding
day
to
Walter
Scott
(28.0.3.1853,
All
Saints
Stepney
Middlesex
England).
Accession number
PA2005.172
Collection type
Material
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