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- A Date Made Melbourne, Australia
- A Person Named Melbourne, Australia
- A Person Named Melbourne, Australia
- A Place & Date Used Melbourne, Australia
- A Date Used Melbourne, Australia
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Dress - Black Beaded Net, Federation, 1901
Reg. No: SH 001095
- Summary:
- This black beaded and silk satin dress was worn by Mrs Sabina Peipers to the Opening of the first Federal Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia at the Royal Exhibition Building, 9 May 1901. Mrs Peipers attended the opening with her father, the Imperial German Consul William Alexander Brahe. They were seated in the east nave of the building, a couple of rows from the dais upon which the royal party sat. Brahe is identified in both the Charles Nuttall and Tom Roberts painting of the occasion.
This dress, donated to the Museum by descendants of Mrs Peipers, was altered around 1910-1914 to reflect the new slim line fashions of the day. - Description:
- Full length beaded black net and silk satin lady's dress with three-quarter length sleeves, V neckline and centre back opening fastening with metal hooks, and fishtail train. The dress is hand and machine stitched with cotton yarns. It has a base garment of black silk satin which is lined with black wool crepe. A transparent outer garment of black silk net rests over the silk satin. This outer layer is heavily embroidered with green and grey floss silk, gold coloured metal threads in a pattern of leaves and flowers, and metallic looking glass beads. The neckline is trimmed with black silk velvet ribbons.
- Acquisition Information:
- Tax Donation from Mr D. Priestly, 2001
- Acknowledgement:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 83 cm (Width), 174 cm (Length) |
| Dimension Comment: | Width at hem. Width at cuff is approx 81 cm with arms outstretched. |
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| Tagged with: | australian federation 1901, ceremonial costumes, ceremonies, clothing, german communities, german immigration, royal exhibition building |
| Themes this item is part of: | Royal Exhibition Building Collection, Dressed for the Occasion, Clothing & Textiles Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | PUBLIC EVENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Federation |
| Date Made: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1901 |
| Person Named: | Mrs Sabina Peipers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 09 May 1901 |
| Person Named: | Mr Wilhelm Brahe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 09 May 1901 |
| Place & Date Used: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 09 May 1901 |
| Date Used: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1901-1914 |
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