![]() ![]() Unlike the more fanciful bridal dresses of the 20th and 21st century, wedding dresses of the 1800s followed the style of fashionable day dresses, although usually in richer materials. ![]() The white wedding dress became increasingly popular in England and its colonies during the 19th century, its acceptance hastened by the cream silk gown worn by Queen Victoria for her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840. The wedding dress and related items are well provenanced examples of an Australian colonial woman's wedding outfit.Īlthough wedding dresses of the time came in many colours and were usually worn again as a ‘best dress’, Hannah seems to have been able to afford a ‘white’ wedding dress which she kept in pristine condition and passed on to her youngest daughter Thelma. This wedding dress was worn by Hannah Palser Prior for her marriage to Alfred Matthew Adlam at Holy Trinity Church, Kelso, near Bathurst on 16 August 1882. The museum also holds Hannah and Alfred's wedding accessories, including shoes, gloves, handkerchiefs, and a wax orange blossom sprig worn at the neck of Hannah's gown, along with a photograph of the bride on her wedding day. ![]()
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