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Collections > Textiles > Tailored Wedding Costume

Tailored Wedding Costume

Cream twilled wool with cream corded silk collar and cuffs. The Norfolk-style bleted jacket has hip length bias-cut basques and the skirt is the new shorter and fuller style which appeared in 1916. Wartime economy has dictated a practical choice of daywear.

Place: England

Object Type: suit

Period: George V

Actual Date: 1916

Century: 20th century

Materials: Silk, Wool

Museum Accession Number: CST.1362