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Gallery Title
skirt
Accession Number NWHCM : 1967.164.1.2
Description
Wedding dress skirt in emerald green Norwich silk: part of 2 piece set comprising of a matching bodice and skirt. The skirt is gathered and pleated on to a band with a side opening, the hem edged with braid. .
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The dress was made in 1873 and is a slightly old fashioned style for its date. It was made and worn by Maria Cooke, the donor's mother, after her first choice of a white muslin wedding dress was rejected by the bride's father Charles Cook. Charles was a local silk weaver, possibly at Clabburn and Crisp, and was insistent that his daughter should be married in Norwich silk. Maria married Walter Waller in June 1873.
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