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Wedding Veil
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Wedding Veil

Wearer (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1928
Object NameVeil
Mediumnet, wire, cotton, silk and elastic
ClassificationsFashion and Dress
DimensionsLength x Width x Height: 900 × 1000 × 20mm
AcquisitionPresented in 1985.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS011154
About MeThis short, embroidered, silk veil is held in place with a wax 'orange blossom' headdress. It was worn with an ivory silk 'flapper' style wedding dress.

The dress is made from a length of embroidered silk sent from South Africa to a woman from Aberdeen in 1900. The fabric was sent by her ex-boyfriend, and was meant to be made up for the annual Masons' Ball. The woman, who was at the time working as a serving girl in an Aberdeenshire village, thought the fabric too grand for that purpose and laid it aside, then later used it to make her wedding dress.


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