item details
NameRibbon from flower bouquet
ProductionUnknown; maker/artist; 1916
Classificationties
Materialssilk
DimensionsOverall: 89mm (width)
Registration NumberGH014378/1
Credit lineGift of Mrs Ellen Morris, 2003
Overview
Wedding bouquet
This ribbon was tied around the bouquet held by bride Sophia Hickey or her bridesmaid (and sister) Nellie Hickey, when Sophia married James Dempsey in March 1916.
The bride's 'shower bouquet' consisted of white asters, sweet peas and maidenhair fern. The bridemaid's bouquet consisted of cactus dahlias, roses and asparagus fern.
The wedding, described in a newspaper report as 'very pretty', took place at St David's Church in Petone, Wellington.