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Wedding dress, Miss H McMath, Cambridge, Waikato, married WF Hunt in 1881
Description
Wedding dress worn by Miss H. McMath at her wedding in 1879 or 1880 at Cambridge, New Zealand. The dress was made at Rattrays, Queen Street, Auckland.
The dress is made from cream satin with a bustle and train. The bodice long and fitted with a high banded neck. There is a front opening with buttons. The long sleeves are cuffless. The back shaping falls to tabs over the top of the bustle. The skirt is swathed below the hips with tiered pleating below the bustle at the back finishing in small train edged with cotton machine-made lace. The whole dress is lined.
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Associated Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Cambridge/Waikato/New Zealand
Hamilton/Waikato/New Zealand
Accession Number
1965.78.487
Accession Date
29 Oct 1965
Other Id
col.0788 (colonial)
ocm1684 (old colonists museum)
Department
History
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Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1965.78.487, col.0788, 684
Collection
Old Colonists' Museum
Primary Maker
Rattrays (Retailer)
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Date
1879-1880
Associated Notes
Waikato Times, 21 April 1881, p.2

Marriage

HUNT-McMATH - On April 20, at St. Peters, Hamilton, Waikato, by the Rev. W. Calder, William Francis, third son of the late William Hunt of Wortley, Yorkshire, England, to Helen Foulis, second surviving daughter of the late Andrew Foulis McMath, J.P., of Castleblaney, Monaghan, Ireland.
Associated Person
Miss H McMath (Worn by)
St Peters, Hamilton (Associated church)
Associated Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Cambridge/Waikato/New Zealand
Hamilton/Waikato/New Zealand
Associated Date
1881
Period
Victorian/Contemporary Age/European and British/art and design period
Media/Materials
satin
lace
Measurement Description
centre back 1800mm
front 1350mm
underarm 400mm
sleeve length 530mm
collar 30mm
Measurement Reading
1800mm
1350mm
Physical Description
cream satin wedding dress - one piece dress with bustle and train

long tight, fitted bodice with high banded neck, front opening covered buttons, long sleeves, cuffless, lack shaping falls to tabs over bustle top, lined; skirt - at front swathed below hips with tiered pleating below bustle at back finishing in small train edged with cotton machine made lace, lined; condition - fair, bodice has been unpicked on some seams, satin has rotted in small areas, generally small stains or 'foxing', reinstatement required and small trim at neck and cuffs; to fit a very tall bride (cat.w/sheet)
Subject Category
outerwear/costume
weddings/celebrations
Classification
Dress, Wedding
Wedding Objects
Ceremonial Artifacts
08 Communication Artifacts

Dress
Main Garments
Clothing
03 Personal Artifacts
Last Update
15 May 2023

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