21st Nov, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Costume, Accessories & Textiles - Online auction

 
  Lot 6131
 

6131

Circa 1920 Cream Silk Chiffon and Lace Wedding Dress and Accessories, comprising a lace mounted...

Circa 1920 Cream Silk Chiffon and Lace Wedding Dress and Accessories, comprising a lace mounted dress with tiered limerick lace skirt and spaghetti straps, a cream sleeveless chiffon over dress with matching tiered skirt, peach silk train with lace trims to the edges which hung from the shoulders, net veil, beaded head piece, wax flower bouquet and button hole, two photocopies of photographs of the couple who married in Ceylon.

The wedding of George Turnbull Gillespie who married Marjorie Joan Cotterell at St Andrews Church, on 3rd November 1928 at Colpetty, Colombo, Ceylon


 

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Veil - appears in good condition, couple of thread pulls to the net, slight fading.
Dress - slight staining to chiffon bodice and some thread pulls to net. Silk lining split in a couple of areas. Bead head dress - missing some beans.

 


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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles - Online auction, 21st Nov, 2020

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