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.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Purple Plaid Ante Bellum Era Dress
From the seller:
For real is this 19th century CIVIL WAR lady's dress with fringed pagoda sleeves. Fabric is irredescent PURE SILK in shades of lavender, beige, and black. Lining is natural, unbleached linen. This dress is treadle machine and hand stitched. Has a machine made lace collor. Measures:
14" around neck
36" bust
28" waist
27" from neck to cuffs
12" armholes
24" around cuffs
57" long
Underarms have stains inside and the outside has been reinforced ~ see photos. There are two straight tears near hem that are about 6" long. There is some slight fading near hem. Hem is reinforced with a binding and there are brass hooks and eyes that are all intact to close the front of the dress. There is one quarter size hole near shoulder from a metal hanger seen in photo 1.
If you're looking at this listing then you know what you're looking at and you also know that perfection cannot possibly be acheived with 150+ year old clothing that has been worn. I have described this dress to the best of my knowledge since I cannot accept a return unless I have grossly misrepresented this dress.
From Me:
I know I should like this dress and it took me forever to figure out why I don't. It's that stupid collar. Someone, please kill it!
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Haha! Then it may interest you to know that the collar and the sleeves make this actually 1850s. Possibly even early 1850s. Gathered-top pagoda sleeves tend to be 1850s rather than 1860s anyway, and these are not only gathered at the armseye but shirred further down. And doubled/flounced sleeves are mid-1850s at the latest. The wider collar is also definitely pre-1860s. It's also got the longer/pointed waist.
ReplyDeleteEek! You are right! I was too distracted by the ugly collar to notice anything else.
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ReplyDeleteHorrible collar, I woul say!
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