Edwardian tea dress

From the seller: legant couture 1860’s Civil War Ball gown over coat in amazing condition. French Pastel cream watered silk fabric with pink Roses. Embellished with the best carved Mother of Pearl buttons, front and back. A sewing masterpiece with front and back rows of gorgeous ruching, and also on the sleeve armyces intense cartridge pleating. Aside from a few tiny hold to light pinholes and a little seam opening in the back it is in excellent condition. No stains, ripping, tears or real…

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Edwardian day dress

Edwardian white cotton and lace dress Stunning fine muslin cotton and lace dress from the 1900's. Breathtakingly beautiful dress in the most delicate of cottons. Gorgeous details of lace, ruched and pleated panels framing the pretty lace decollete and officers neck. More ruched panels, lace and pleats to the bottom of the skirt and a slight train at the back. Back opening with 14 mother of pearl buttons. Elbow length sleeves and a lace waistline in a very flattering V shape. The muslin…

A Note: this post is a refresh and an update of a post that was originally written in 2010 In response to my post on the history of muslin, the Baroness von Vintage has asked what the difference between voile, lawn and muslin is. The problem with defining fabrics is that fabrics are an art, not a science. You can clearly define the chemical makeup on anything, but strictly breaking all art into particular periods or definitions? Not as easy. Especially since definitions have varied…

Tea gown, R. Maurer, early 20th century. Doyle New York

So the outfit is finished at last! Here I’m wearing it over a modern sleeveless cotton blouse that passes as a corset cover, and an antique Edwardian petticoat. (I’d planned to wear a c…

From the seller: 1900 Artistic Dress Pink Silk & Chiffon: This is just a phenomenal part of fashion history. For a brief time around the turn of the 19th to 20th century high fashion women were wearing gowns like this inspired by Grecian design. These gowns had much more freedom of movement than normal dresses of the time. The curator of the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing considered this dress as a donation some years back when he was putting together an Artistic dress display. On…

Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959) - English Actress. Circa 1900.