Victorian / Edwardian Ladies Clothing

Black silk jacket with aysmetrical collar and handmade lace trim. The shoulders are set very high on the shoulder and cut-in at the fornt and back of the armscye. The neckline is is a deep v-line with the off-set and ysemtrically set handmade lace collar. The coat closes off-set to the left with with large covered buttons and loops. Two long vertical tucks run from the shoulders down to the side set large and deep pockets. The pockets are decorated with more handmade black lace and covered round buttons. The fabric is gathered beneath the cored lace trim adding increased volumne down the sides of the coat. The tuck continues down the coat from below the pocket to hem. Wonderful style! 

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CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 1  ||  Stock # 30925  ||  $185.00 

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Beautiful purple silk jacquard dress with the original and rare to have under-sleeves. The neckline is high and rounded with a small standing collar. The pattern of the fabric is very interesting there are areas of a reversed nap self-plaid and then next to that is a area that is just solid purple. The bodice has angled pleats and black lace to accent. The elbow length shaped sleeve has matching black lace and narrows just below the elbow. The underlies are not attached to the dress but are with the dress. These are very unusual to have so makes them rare. The skirt closes right over left along the waistband. The dress is widely pleated across the front and cartage pleated across the back. The dress is lined with brown glazed cotton although mot of the glazed cotton is gone from the upper bodice. The closures are also missing in the bodice.. The fabric is excellent and the underarms are clear. There are spots of fade on the dress on the skirt and on the lower inside of the sleeves. See photos. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-25, SHOULDERS14-, LENGTH-51

CONDITION: Very Good 

INDEX # 2  ||  Stock # 30702  ||  $985.00 

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INDEX # 3  ||  Stock # 30654  ||  $1250.00 

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Blue and white calico print dress with white piping. This is a store bought dress with the original label still in the dress. The blue is that deep indigo blue that is so saturated. The bodice closes off-set to the left with white buttons. The bodice is gently pleated into the waistline band. The sleeves are long and narrow with small turned back cuffs piped in white. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-22, HIPS-34, LENGTH-54

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 4  ||  Stock # 29794  ||  $185.00 

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INDEX # 5  ||  Stock # 29585  ||  $125.00 

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INDEX # 6  ||  Stock # 29486  ||  $185.00 

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Lovely black silk quilted jacket lined in lavender silk. The jacket is all hand Quilted. Slightly dropped shoulders which really can't been seen clearly on the model since the jacket is too small for her. One worn spot where I can see the cotton used between the layers. It is about the size of a nickel. 

SIZE: BUST-32

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 7  ||  Stock # 28750  ||  $98.00 

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1905 This lovely two piece black silk satin dress was worn by Miranda B. Smith to the wedding of Iona McDonald in 1905. The fabric is an absolutely gorgeous silk in satin weave accented with applied lace trim in ivory and trimmed out in different sizes of black jet crystal beads. The lining is glazed black cotton and hooks up center front. It is totally boned. The center front and standing collar at of gathered dotted Swiss net lace over ivory China silk. This is accented with a pale aqua silk velvet band of the collar and two jet decorated long center front tabs. The right side is fixed and the left side hooks to the center inset. Jet and lace decorate the front of the waist to the waist and around the to the side seams with just the black jet continuing across the back of the waist. The lovely shaped two-part sleeves are pleated into the seam behind the wide pointed turned back cuffs. The cuffs are accented with matching lace, jet beading and lovely French net lace. The gorgeous skirt is decorated with matching jet and lace. A couple of slight scars on the satin of the skirt. The skirt is lined in black silk which is in excellent condition also.  

SIZE: WAIST BUST-32, WAIST WAIST-27, SHOULDER WIDTH-15, SKIRT WAIST-28, FRONT SKIRT LENGTH-40, BACK SKIRT LENGTH-48

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 8  ||  Stock # 28598  ||  $895.00 

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Outstanding black silk faille lace and chiffon coat from A. Meier of Brooklyn. The collar-less coat has an eight inch wide shawl collar held in place with an applied embroidered blue silk panel that encircles the neckline and extends down the upper bodice area of the coat. This velvet panel is embroidered in two shades of blue and black in a floral pattern using silk embroidery floss. Part of the collar front and back panels and cuffs are black tatted lace set on an ice blue silk. There are several places here and there on the coat where there are splits in the silk but it is held in place firmly by the black lace over it. The back side of the collar is ice blue silk. It is splitting. The pattern on the lace consists of a circle with an eight pointed star at the center. Within the star is another densely tatted circle radiating out from that circle all the way out to the outer circle are tatted line with leaves. This lace work is extremely intricate and handmade. The lace panels run down the center front of the coat around the hem and accent the two side back coat openings. The lace panels are all five inches wide. The Bishop sleeves have an inner and outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is matching silk faille with a fuller sleeve of black silk organdy. On the back inside of the right sleeve there are six small holes. The main body of the coat is black silk faille. On the right front panel there are several small spots of separation in the weave. All the threads are there, but you can see where it has broken down. The front of the coat closes with hook and eyes down the center front and is loose fitting. Whereas the back of the coat is more fitted thru the back and the waist and has a deep inverted pleat thru the center back. The lining of the coat is the matching ice blue silk. The lining is completely shot. This coat would have been used in the winter and has a layer of wool batting between the faille and the lining.  

SIZE: BUST-38, SHOULDER WIDTH - 18, LENGTH-51

CONDITION: Very Good 

INDEX # 9  ||  Stock # 28516  ||  $450.00 

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C. 1900 White linen slip with crocheted lace accenting the bottom portion of the garment. Several tiny pleats across the front with the major portion of the fullness pulled to the back and pleated across the back into the waist band.  

SIZE: WAIST - 46

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 10  ||  Stock # 28438  ||  $68.00 

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C.1900 Beautiful white cotton petticoat with eight horizontal pin tucks above the gathered flounce. The flounce has narrow pin tucks and crocheted lace. All of the fullness is pulled to the back.  

SIZE: WAIST - 24

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 11  ||  Stock # 28437  ||  $89.00 

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19th Century white cotton flannel under shirt or camisole with hand bound embroidered armholes, with a drawstring neckline. This garment came from the same French farm house as the petticoat.  

SIZE: BUST -34

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 12  ||  Stock # 28436  ||  $135.00 

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Mid-19th Century matelasse winter petticoat that is felt on the underside and the fabric has a wonderful self-stripe textured pattern. The hem is has a sculpted edge that is hand bound with embroidery. There is a drawstring that pulls some of the fullness behind. The petticoat is tightly gathered into the off-width monogramed waistband. This petticoat came out of a farm house in France.  

SIZE: ONE SIZE

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 13  ||  Stock # 28435  ||  $185.00 

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