200 Years of Wedding Fashion - MAAS Collection

This set features highlights from the Museum's large collection of wedding fashion, accessories, ephemera and images and is drawn from the Museum's extensive holdings of Australian and international fashion and dress. Spanning almost two centuries it primarily features Australian wedding style and stories from the beginning of European settlement to the present. The selection reflects changing styles and trends in wedding fashion in the context of the existing social, political and economic …

A7881 Wedding dress, silk, maker unknown, place of production unknown, 1822, worn by Ann Marsden on her marriage to Thomas Hassall, St John's Church Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1822

Wedding dress worn by Ann Marsden

A8371 Wedding dress and photographic prints (2), cotton / paper, maker unknown, possibly worn by mother or mother in law of Margaret White (nee Fletcher) possibly Uralla / Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1845 - 1855 / photographer unknown, Saumarez Homestead, Armidale, New South Wales, Austral

Wedding dress possibly worn by the mother or mother-in-law of Margaret White (nee Fletcher)

A7538 Bridesmaids dress, comprising bodice and skirt, wool / satin, worn by Isabella Murray at marriage of Mary Murray to Varney Parkes, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1883

Bridesmaids dress worn by Isabella Murray

89/314 Wedding outfit, comprising of bodice, skirt, sleeves (pair), and shoes (pair), womens, various materials, maker unknown, probably Australia, worn by Emma Oghiltree, Victoria, Australia, 1887

Womens wedding outfit worn by Emma Oghiltree

2003/40/1 Convict love token, on cartwheel penny, George III (1760-1801), 1797, copper, possibly engraved by H Heald, probably Britain, 1825-1835

Convict love token by H Heald

A8684 Wedding outfit, womens, comprising bodices (2), skirt, belts (2), with rosette, silk / cotton / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1865

Wedding outfit from England

H8140-8 Bride doll (1 of 8), porcelain / wax / cotton / silk / wool / lace / paint / horsehair, probably made by Pierotti, England, c. 1880

Bride doll with wax face and porcelain arms and legs

85/1286-471 Glass plate negative, full plate, 'Nineties Wedding Dress, Mrs Wilkinson', unattributed studio, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880s

Glass plate negative, 'Nineties Wedding Dress, Mrs Wilkinson'

2005/210/1 Wedding dress, womens, silk / cotton / metal, maker unknown, possibly made Australia / Engalnd, worn by Agnes Thompson at her wedding to Dr George Bushby, Saltram, New South Wales, Australia, 11th of January 1833

Wedding dress worn by Agnes Thompson

2007/166/1 Wedding veil, tamboured machine made net, cotton, maker unknown, probably Ireland, c. 1865

Wedding veil worn by Emily Green on the occasion of her marriage to John Aitkens Manton, All Saints Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, 1865

86/647 Wedding gown, comprising skirt, train, and bodice, womens, silk brocade / satin / lace, maker unknown, Australia, 1883, worn by Elizabeth Jane Howard (nee Smith), Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1883

Wedding gown worn by Elizabeth Jane Howard (nee Smith)

85/1286-757 Glass plate negative, imperial plate, 'Wedding Portrait', unattributed studio, Sydney, Australia, 1892-1893

Glass plate negative, 'Wedding Portrait'

2005/210/4 Wedding slipper shoes (pair), womens, silk / leather / cardboard, by Walter & Co, London, England, worn by Agnes Thompson, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1833

Pair of wedding shoes by Walter & Co worn by Agnes Thompson

2015/69/1 Wedding coat, wool / metal / silk, maker unidentified, place of production unknown, worn by Henry Paterson for his marriage to Elizabeth Fyfe, Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 31st January 1877

Wedding dress coat

2015/29/1 Wedding outfit, womens, comprising of bodice, skirt, train and cape, silk / wool / cotton / elastic / metal, by Farmer & Co, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1885

Womens wedding outfit by Farmer & Co

A8338 Dress, womans, comprising bodice, skirt and textile sample, silk / cotton / wool / metal / glass, worn by Elizabeth Cabrera (nee Shelley), possibly made by S C Rush, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896

Dress worn by Elizabeth Cabrera (nee Shelley)

2005/210/2 Drawstring purse, with artificial flower, silk / textile, possibly made by Agnes Thompson, Australia / England, 1833

Drawstring purse used by Agnes Thompson at her wedding

A10758 Wedding dress, womens, silk / cotton, maker unknown, worn by Jane Anne Frazer (nee Churchill) at her wedding to John William Frazer in Taree in July 1881, probably made in Australia, 1880-1881

Wedding dress worn by Jane Anne Frazer (nee Churchill)

P3576-1 Photograph (1 of 38), carte de visite, woman in wedding dress, paper / card, photographed by J Hubert Newman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1880

Carte-de-visite by J Hubert Newman

97/92/11-1/21 Photographic print, sepia, wedding portrait of Thomas White and Alice M.H. Wong, paper/cardboard, Amelia Eve Wong and/or Henry Hackney Wong, c.1890-1918.

Wedding photograph of Thomas White and Alice M H Wong

87/533 Wedding outfit, womens, comprising gown, slippers (pair), photographs (14), and newspaper articles (2), silk / textile / leather / paper, various makers, various places of production, worn by Miss Ann Turner for her wedding, c.1834 -1916

Wedding outfit worn by Ann Haslingden (nee Turner)

A7537 Wedding ensemble, comprising dress, gloves (pair), shoes (pair) and wreath, satin / kid leather / lace / muslin / canvas / wax paper / cotton, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / Paris, France, worn by Mary Cameron Murray to her wedding to Varney Parkes, Liverpool, New South Wa

Wedding ensemble worn by Mary Cameron Murray

P3576-10 Photograph (1 of 38), cabinet card, mounted, unidentified wedding party, paper / card, photographed by Henry King, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1884-1923

Photograph of wedding party by the Henry King Studio

85/2152 Wedding shoes (pair), womens, suede / kid leather / silk / metal / glass, maker unknown, England, for Lloyd and Collins, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, worn by Mollie Glasson to her wedding, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1908

Pair of womens wedding shoes from England worn by Mollie Glasson

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