Wednesday, January 30, 2013

...and further evidence that, yes, sometimes, our ancestors had no taste too...











From the seller:

Civil War Era Ca 1850's Plaid Robe de Chambre Dress SM


This Civil War era dress is made from a blue plaid silk taffeta and is trimmed with a red, blue and olive contrasting plaid. It has an under bodice of brown cotton that hooks down the front and is lightly boned. The collar, dropper armholes, front placket and sleeves are trimmed with braid and narrow silk fringe in navy. The armholes and waist have narrow self piping, the skirt is attached with small cartridge pleats. The skirt is lined in a light weight glazed cotton in brown. Underarms are both damaged, it has small scattered holes and tears in the taffeta, a few up to about 1 inch long and some light minor stains, under bodice has some mends. The dress is all hand sewn. It measures 32 inches around the bust, waist is 24, across the back shoulder is 14 3/4 inches and it's 54 1/2 inches long. De-accessioned from a museum with inventory tags attached. I would say fair to good condition, a lovely display dress.

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From Me:

I'd love to know when the seller thinks the American Civil War started. Anyway, this is an American Civil War era disaster dress, but it looks like towards the end of the war. I have to wonder what the lady who wore this thought...was she trying to blind the other side?

5 comments:

  1. Aww, I like it! It's not a dress, though, it's a wrapper, and those are very much known for being as wild as possible. The huge design, clashing patterns, and bright colors are all typical of wrappers.
    http://pinterest.com/SceneInThePast/1860-1865-wrappers/
    I think it's early 1860s; the sleeves are very full.

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    1. Sorry I forgot to add the wrapper bit, I thought I did. :-) I have never seen a wrapper that hideous. Some where very interesting trimmed, but not so....clashing and garish?

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    2. Maybe my eyes are seared. ;) There's some on my Pinterest board that I really think are ugly, but I like this one!

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  2. The cut is fine, but the fabric is hideous! Thank goodness colour photography hadn't been invented yet, it's better to imagine that the dresses in old photographs were nice colours, even though they might have looked like this.

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    1. Luckily, combos like this are rare. I'm hoping the dear that put this together was color blind!

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