Wedding gown with veil of Mrs Lee Kip Lee in Grace Kelly style

Title
Wedding gown with veil of Mrs Lee Kip Lee in Grace Kelly style
Year/Period
1955
Region
Singapore
Object Type
wedding dresses, wedding veils
Accession No.
2012-00238
Collection of
Peranakan Museum
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kip Lee

The textiles consist mainly of embroideries and beadwork meant for the occasion of weddings of Peranakans. The white lace wedding gown belonged to Mrs Lee Kip Lee, who married her Peranakan husband in the 1960s.

 

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