A Sad story, Wedding Dress - Boer War

These photos show the original wedding dress from museum stores...

A wedding dress

One of the objects we were shown in the collections was a wedding dress made by a woman during the Boer war. Her husband-to-be never returned from the wars and the dress remained in the family, unworn until the family donated it to the museum. We aren't allowed to know who the family are or any details of the story so we created this dress as a little homage to the lady - whoever she may have been....