Quaker Wedding Dress.

Abstract

Esther Ann Mather was the daughter of Joseph Benson Mather who operated a drapery business in Liverpool Street, Tasmania, Australia. Esther married Charles Henry Robey, also of the Quaker Faith on the 23rd of July 1884. A number of prominent Tasmanian Quaker families attended the wedding, including Ann Pollard Mather who was present at first Meeting for Discipline in Hobart in 1833. Photograph titled Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows Esther's grey Quaker style wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection. Photograph titled Detail of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows detail of the back of Esther Robey's wedding dress (held by Society of Friends' Meeting House Collection). Photograph titled Detail of buttons of Esther Robey's (nee Mather) wedding dress: shows a detailed close up image of the dress' buttons. Photograph titled Wedding of Charles Henry Robey and Esther Ann Mather: shows wedding party of the Robey Wedding (held by University of Tasmania Library, Special and Rare Materials Collection. Photograph titled Robey Wedding Photo Back: shows the handwritten notes indicating the identities of the wedding party. Source for Wedding Robey and Mather pdf text: Michael Bennett, Quaker Life in Tasmania: The First Hundred Years, University of Tasmania Library, 2007.