This is a place for any extant garments in private collections from about 1941 back. There is no beginning date. The only rule is that it can't be currently in a museum and must be before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I mostly post items I've seen on ebay, etsy, or other auction sites so we will continue to have a record of them for research purposes. If you have antique clothing in your collection, please, email me pictures of them and I will gladly add them to this site.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Perfect Romantic Era Dress
Taken from Heartnsoul1 on ebay:
Charming roller print cotton early gown, all original and dating to late 1820's early 1830's. Exceptional construction details throughout. Dropped, piped and ruffled capped gigot sleeves, criss cross draped front bodice with slightly to the back piped shoulder seams, tidy cartridge pleating all the way around skirt/waist, with wide waist band, back hook and eye closure, with piped seaming. Bodice only lined in linen, with early pocket form hanging from bottom of bodice interior, hem faced in household cotton, all hand stitched. With the following issues: small breaks to exterior cotton back of shoulders both sides, some faint age related spotting scattered here and there, small breaks to bottom of sleeves, these breaks at some point someone has used the iron on facing material to bind the breaks, ragged hole top/inner side of one sleeve, missing some hooks and eyes, cotton is still strong and displays nicely skirt fabric sound, no underarm issues. Chest measures 32", waist 22", sleeves 26", length from shoulders 53.
From Me:
[insert drool here] WANT!!!!!!
Labels:
1830s,
19th Century,
dress,
Romantic,
womens
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