Lot Essay
The wedding dress was said to have been worn by Louise Ernestine Carter (1824-98), who married in 1847. The waistcoat is said to have belonged to her son Ernest
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A wedding dress of ivory silk woven with self-coloured ribbon stripes and trailing flowers, with pointed waist, sloping neckline and short narrow sleeves, circa 1847; a gentleman's waistcoat of red and black striped velvet cut to reveal trailing foliage, with shawl collar, inscribed "Ernest" in ink on the inside, mid 19th century; and the bodice from a white cotton dress, late 19th century, damaged (3)