An extraordinarily well-preserved dress, WWI era. Wow.

• May 23, 2013

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scotrace

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Listed at Etsy. I don't know that I have seen any garment of this age that has held up so well, outside a museum display.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/151097448/vintage-edwardian-dress-bold-teal-silk?ref=shop_home_feat

 

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• May 24, 2013

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Gingerella72

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Gorgeous!

 

• May 25, 2013

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olive bleu

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wow! i can't stop looking at it..simply stunning!

 

• May 28, 2013

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sheeplady

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That is beautiful! Wouldn't that make a lovely wedding dress for some lucky gal?

 

• May 15, 2014

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Horace Debussy Jones

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That is truly a work of art and a labor of love. Looks like it came right from The Titanic. Must have been made for a fairly wealthy client.

 

• May 15, 2014

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vintage.vendeuse

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I recently sold this ladies suit from the same mid-teens time period. Not the feminine look of the gorgeous gown in the original post, of course, but perhaps more to the taste of a suffragette. It had some nice details to the stitching and was a gorgeous golden silk jersey.

 

• May 29, 2014

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There are a few really nice vintage dresses from around the civil war time period in one of the vintage/antique shops in downtown Marshall, Michigan. The dresses are not the same, but one looks very similar to the one Scotrace has posted pictures of. Very colorful dresses. One however, they have added extra clothing attire to it, making it appear like a fortune teller. Oddly, I do not know the name of the shop, as there are a few right almost in a row on the main street. They have period correct boots along with the dresses, and the dresses are on display mannequins. I may have a picture I will have to see if I can find it.