1970s
A woman's wedding dress with a heavily embroidered and couched front and sleeves. The sleeves are made from nylon net that is embroidered and stiffened with a lining. The body of the dress including the skirt section has a woven grid pattern with enclosed stylised flowers (hand embroidred).
TRC 2011.0041a
Dress
Textile Research Centre
Cotton synthetic metal glass
Factory woven cloth (damask) couching metal thread embroidery (net embroidery couching straight stitch applied beads and spangles