Thursday, June 27, 2013

1890's Beaver Fur Coat





From the seller:

Gorgeous super soft beaver fur (similar to chinchilla feel) 1800 Victorian fitted jacket. This always reminds me of a sexy Vampiress flitting about London... Some wear on edge of hem etc,it is over 120 years old, but can still be worn,and in really great shape.

Bust 32" Waist 26" Length 24" Shoulder 13"

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From Me:

1890's Winter coat.

Frothy Edwardian Summer Dress







From the seller:

ANTIQUE DRESS 1900 Fine Tea Gown Museum De-accession Edwardian 2 PIECE SET

The set has been cleaned since picture so very nice and fresh. It is wearable.


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Please remember items that are vintage or used are not always perfect and this should be taken into consideration when bidding.

IMPORTANT !!!!!!! PLEASE read entire Description & Instructions before bidding! FYI, Unless otherwise stated, all measurements are in Inches.

1900 Fine Cream Cotton Tea gown Museum De-accession Edwardian: This Edwardian tea gown was made just after the turn of the 1900's. It is made of fine cream cotton and is trimmed in silk satin ribbon.
The skirt has a built in petticoat with two tiers of under ruffles, which are each trimmed with two rows of silk ribbon. The over skirt has swag ruffles that are also trimmed in silk ribbon. The waist of the skirt is 27 and the length is 38. The skirt has a few pinholes hard to see. See photos. The bodice has a bust of 32 and a waist of 26. There is one wear hole about 1/2 inch square on the back. The cotton is still soft and pliable. The back has 16 hooks and fasteners. The dress is wearable. This has the gathered bodice that was made in a pigeon style. The 2 pc. dress is from the Gibson Girl period. The dress has been cleaned after pictures so very crisp and nice. This garment was part of a museum de-accession auction that I attended this last year.


From Me:

No, it is not wearable. Also, the pillow up the back? Why? You know it's Edwardian....

1880's Child's dress









From the seller:

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE MANY PICTURES OF THIS WONDERFUL DRESS. This is a fantastic Museum Quality Antique 19thC Victorian Child's Bustle Dress Gown in a Dark Mauve Color Silk with Velvet trim. Mauve color became all the rage when Queen Victoria wore it to her daughter's wedding in 1858, and the highly influential Empress Eugénie decided the color matched her eyes. Soon, the mauve color was all the rage. Also Mauve was the first chemical aniline dye color invented in 1856 by William Perkins.This fabulous child's gown is from an estate of a collector from Long Island and my guess is that the collector purchased this dress in and around the New York area. The dress itself was made for a wealthy child and from the appearance was not worn very much. And the condition is appropriately excellent and beautiful. Fortunately it has been carefully maintained and stored. The photography was done outside in full sun so that all the dress details would show in the pictures. But the color to the eye is much darker and richer in person. Some of the pictures were taken when the sun was behind a cloud and you can see the color of the silk is much darker. In real life the color is darker and richer still. The fabric is a silk taffeta in a very deep mauve color with cranberry velveteen down the front of the bodice, the front of the wrist, and down the side panels of the skirt, with cranberry silk ribbon trim. There is a narrow 1/2" collar band, princess seaming in the back, rows of pleated ruffles to the front of the dress and around the hem, a small area of seam pull and repair with some fabric wear to the top front of the right sleeve right where the sleeve joins the bodice, curved sleeves, plenty of fullness of fabric and gathers in the back for quite a large full bustle, a 2 3/4" vertical slit/tear to the lower back of the left sleeve with some fabric wear there as well almost a tear 1 1/2' below it to the silk only (the sleeve lining can be seen), some minor wear here and there to the fabric that you have to look for to find, there are four layers of pleated flounce to the front skirt, and the bustle trim in back is thick with many folds and straight pins pinned at the top of the bustle tips with the rest stitched to the garment. The bustle trim is supposed to poof out more, but has flattened over time from storage. The front of the dress is fully lined in a brown polished cotton while the back of the dress is lined in a deep semi sweet chocolate color brown polished cotton. The lining to the font of the dress opening has hand stitched buttonholes but all of the matching buttons are missing. None of the seam edges have been bound or finished. There are no rips, tears or holes to any part of polished cotton lining. There are minor restitching spots on the dress that look like reinforcement stitching and not dress altering. This dress is so beautiful.Please ask questions if I have not included something in the description that is important for you to know. I am not sure which decade of the 19th century this dress is from. Perhaps you could tell me. The measurements include:

Bust approximately 23"

Waist 24" about the same as the bust

Across from shoulder to shoulder in front 12 1/2"

Top of curved Sleeve to wrist 16"

Wrist opening 6"

Trim panel in the front 3" wide

Top of shoulder to hem 29"

Top of center back to hem 28 1/2"

Trim panel on skirt front and wrist sleeve 2 1/4"


From Me:

...Why couldn't I have been a child in the 1880's?

1880's Bustle Era Winter Dress













From the seller:

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE MANY PICTURES OF THIS WONDERFUL COAT. This is a fantastic Antique 19thC Museum Quality Victorian Opera Bustle Coat in Black Silk Velvet, Silk fabric and Lavish Trim. This Opera Coat is from an estate of a collector from Long Island and my guess is that the collector purchased this coat in and around the New York area. The coat itself was made for a wealthy individual and from the appearance was not worn very much. And the condition is appropriately excellent and beautiful. Fortunately it has been carefully maintained and stored. The photography was done outside in full sun so that all the details would show in the pictures. The black velvet is sumptuous and the black silk trim down the front and back is black to the eye and not a gray color that the pictures may imply. The sun lightened the color a bit as was my intention to allow the details to show. But the coat is black black in real life. The fabrics are the best and the dressmaker workmanship is superb. The coat is heavy and meant for the winter because the bodice black silk lining (to the hip) is padded with batting and quilted in order to keep the grand lady warm. There are a few holes to the lining but no underarm staining. All the original hooks and eyes are still fastened down the front along with the black velvet covered buttons (some wear to the velvet around the outside edge of the buttons). The coat is also trimmed with real black fur around the sleeves and down the back but I do not know from which animal it came. Princess seaming shapes the back bodice with a 3/4" horizontal fabric slit to the right side. The fabrics are strong and not fragile although the coat is old so some care is needed to insure the integrity and conservation of the fabric. The coat is a bustle coat and has ample room for the bustle while the center back is divided to also allow that room. Draped fabric forms the bustle with trim of cording and balls from a buttoned rosette. Black chenille star shape designs with a ball center and corded circles are found along the lower back and the bodice trim. There are some small holes to the lower portion of the lining which are not actually holes. The fabric warp is brown threads and the weft is black. Some of the black wool is missing to these small areas leaving the brown warp threads exposed. The black silk velvet is rich and luxurious with no holes other than the one to the back previously described. Please ask questions if I have not included something in the description that is important for you to know. I am not sure which decade of the 19th century this coat is from. Perhaps you could tell me. The measurements include:

Bust 31 1/2"

Waist 26"

Across from shoulder to shoulder in front 14"

Sleeve length 23"

Around the bustle at hips about 45"

Center front neck to waist 12 1/2"

Top of shoulder to bottom hem 52 1/2"

Waist to hem 37 1/2"

Top of center back to waist 15 1/2"

Right and Left side panels 32" width at hemline


From Me:

LOVE!!!

ORANGE 1890's Dress











From the seller:

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE MANY PICTURES OF THIS WONDERFUL GOWN. This is a fantastic Museum Quality Two Piece Victorian Bustle Gown Dress with Leg o Mutton Sleeves in a most gorgeous Copper Color Silk. This fabulous two piece gown is from an estate of a collector from Long Island and my guess is that the collector purchased this dress in and around the New York area. The dress itself was made for a wealthy individual and from the appearance was not worn very much. And the condition is appropriately excellent and beautiful. Fortunately it has been carefully maintained and stored. The photography was done outside in full sun so that all the details would show in the pictures. But the color to the eye is much darker and richer in person. The heavy weight fabric is a copper lustre silk satin that is just as crisp as the day it was made, strong and in excellent clean condition. The dress may have been worn once or twice if that. An expert dressmaker made this dress. The under arms have some light darkening to the silk (hard to see) with no deterioration or damage to the silk. In fact there is no staining to the interior lining in the same area. The bodice and the skirt have all the large hooks and eyes, the bodice is fully stayed and the seams edges are beautifully hand bound, the gold and copper bead trim have a few minor breaks and minor bead loss (the beads are four sided tubular shaped) done in a beautiful pattern trimming the neck, bodice front and the sleeves, there are no rips, tears or holes anywhere to the gown, and all the hooks and eyes are there attaching the skirt to the bodice. The skirt is fully lined in camel colored polished cotton. The lower 10" portion of the skirt hem has a stiffening fabric (very stiff) layered in between the lining and the copper color silk. The very bottom of the hem lining is bound with dark cinnamon color corduroy type fabric cut on the diagonal for added stiffness to the lower hem and meant for the skirt to stand away from the body for the correct silhouette. There are no holes, rips or tears to the lining either and the polished cotton is still nice and shiny and very crisp. All the skirt seams are bound in an overcast stitch. The skirt itself is very crisp and has a lot of "rustle" to it. The skirt hem has two rows of 3 1/2" ruffles ending the gored skirt panels. This dress has not been repaired or altered in any way and is just as the dressmaker designed it. The woman for whom this dress was made was petite. Please ask questions if I have not included something in the description that is important for you to know. I am not sure which decade of the 19th century this dress is from. Perhaps you could tell me. The measurements include:

Bust 31 1/2"

Waist 25 1/2"

Across from shoulder to shoulder in front 12 1/2"

Sleeve length 27 1/2"

Wrist opening 7 1/2"

Skirt Length 42 1/2"

Center front neck to waist 14 1/2"

Top of center back to waist 15 1/2"

Around neck 13"

Total length back neck to hem about 58"


From Me:

It's not a Bustle era dress (it looks like the seller tried to stick a pillow beneath the skirt and that's why the form of it looks all wonky), but a lovely 1890's dress.

Edwardian Gown Bodice












From the seller:

An antique black silk satin bodice decorated with chenille embroidery on beaded & sequinned black silk tulle, label-Angele Napoleon 9. St Mary Abbott's Terrace, Islington. Boned cream silk lining London c1890

Beautiful silk is a true dense black, hook and eye fastening to the back. Please note this 19th century bodice has been used but there is no fade, stains, holes or thinning to the black silk, there are many tears to the tulle overlay on the sleeves. A little wear showing only to the silk lining edges and the cream silk outer waist band, click on any image to enlarge. Generally a lovely period ladies dress bodice good antique condition to re-use for small textile sewing projects or study/teaching.

Measures : 26" waist, 34" bust, 7 1/2" sleeve from underarm, 11" sleeve opening, 17 1/2" long. Weighs 295 grms unpacked.


From Me:

Not 1890 (note the sleeves), but most likely either very late 1900's or early Teens era. This would have been something you might have seen on the Titanic when it was whole. It's sad that someone cut the dress up (and probably sold the skirt for trim, gah!).