Turn of the Century Dress and Dolman!

From the seller:

ANTIQUE/VINTAGE 1890'S DRESS AND CAPE. AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES IT NEEDS RESTORED. WELL WORTH THE TIME.


From Me:

1899 Fashion Plate

I wanted to include this fashion plate because the sleeves are similar - it has a bit of the flare of the extant gown at the cuff but, really, the almost extinct puff at the armscye is still there.

What I love about this is that it's probably for a slightly older lady who wanted the fashions of ten years ago but to still look fashionable in the very late 1890's as well. The dolman went out of style in the late 1880's but this one is cut to the cape like fashion of the turn of the century. 

Overall, it's a pretty fun outfit. 

1890's Women's Jacket

From the seller:


This antique Victorian era black wool womens winter sportswear ice skating mutton sleeve coat dates from 1890. It is made of a black heavy wool fabric. This wonderful womens winter sportswear ice skating coat jacket has a short mid length fitted tailored style, with leg of mutton gigot style long full sleeves voluminous on the upper arm and tapering down to a tight fit cuff, double breasted carved mother of pearl button front closure, side pockets, a fold over lapel collar with velvet trim decorative stitching accents and has remnants remaining of the original black silk lining inside. The coat measures 25 inches long, with a 38 inch bust, 28 inch waist, 25 inch long sleeves and is 11 inches across the back shoulder seam. It is in fair as-is condition, has not been cleaned. has several small stains, slight fade discoloration in areas, frayed inside lining, is missing a mop button and has several small moth holes scattered in areas (see close-ups). Great for design, display, study or pattern. This is truly a rare and unique piece of antique Victoriana womens sportswear wearable art!

From Me:

It dates from the 1890's not 1890 - there is a big difference there. Drives me nuts when people do that. 1890 is a year - technically still a part of the 1880's. There was no year zero. When a monk during the "dark ages" decided to set up the calender we all now use, he was using his Roman math - the zero hadn't been introduced or used in the Western world. That would happen a few centuries later. 1890's is a decade. This jacket is not from 1890, it is from the 1890's.

1893 Fashion Plate

The jacket is most likely from 1893/1894.

Early 20th Century Collection of Ladies Clothing

From the seller:

I've decided to part with my oldest, proudest collection. It is truly the end of an era.

Note that these pieces are approaching/around 100 years old so they are in no way "perfect". Some have small tears and the dress has some discoloration. I am a 34c-d, 27"-28" waist and they all fit me ok with a little room to spare. The dress is an extra large. The worst damage can be found on one garment(see last two photos) where the fabric has given along the seams. The rest are regular stains that came with age. Most should come off with a good soak. The dress has noticeable discoloration on the lower sides. The tabard has the most delicate lace embroidery and I just adore it. No returns. Handle with care as fabrics are delicate

From Me:

The Orange Dress is most likely 1920's but it's hard to tell based on the one image.

The short sleeved blouse with the delicate embroidery is Teen's Era.

The swirly lace covered jacket is so very 1930's.  That peplum plus the sleeves scream 1930's.

The pigeon front blouse is, of course, Edwardian as is the lace collar one.

The dickey is from the Teen's Era.

Cute Green 1930's Jacket

From the seller:

Light weight medium wool jacket dating to the 1930s. Art Deco aesthetic with big leaf buttons on asymmetrical front closure single slash pocket trimmed in wide brown accent trim. In very good vintage uncleaned condition lined thru shoulders, the bottom of sleeves have loose hem, couple faint spots, wearable, would benefit from a dry cleaning.

Chest measures 36", waist 28", length from shoulders 25" sleeves 23"

From Me:

Back in 1938, Queen Frocks advertised their services in the Madison Lake Times. :-)


Helen Hayes is the actress pictured in the upper left.  I wanted to show this pattern because of the asymmetrical nature of the dress on the right - similar to the jacket above.  It was a pretty common feature to have in the 1930's.

1810's Short Sleeved Spencer Worn Later as Fancy Dress

From the seller:

This vest has a stamp that says:

200
BROOKLYN'S
SS & P or R CO
TRADEMARK - FAIR AND SQUARE
ODORLESS
LIGHTWEIGHT
4 K

20 inches armpit to armpit.

16 inches top seam to bottom.

Vintage used condition.

Has slits on front velvet

Underarm seams need stitching.

Bottom seam is worn out.

Descriptio:

This listing is for a stunning woman's vest from a traditional folk costume. Very well made using high-quality materials and braid decoration with tassels. It is coming institched under the armpit.

Some of the velvet is ripped and shoulder metallic braided trim is lose. The braiding on the rest of the vest is well stitched and in good, sturdy condition.

The stitching around the neck and on some of the bottom of the vest is worn and fringed.

Please see all pictures as they are part of description. I am not sure of true origin so item is no longer listed as antique or museum quality.

Stunning piece!


From Me:

If you look closely at the photos, the stamp is on the underarm protectors. The protectors are frequently in older garments because the garment was reused later as a fancy dress or a costume for some ball/play/ect. I'm pretty sure that's all we are seeing here. The spencer itself is hand sewn - notice the whip stitch along the neckline. The trim looks to be real metal and the typical ball fringe that was popular in the 1810's. The cut is also consistent with other 1810's garments.


In other news: Would the spammers please stop spamming? I'm hosting this site on a google web server so it's not like the DDoS you've been trying to do for the past week will work - particularly when you are only trying 140 hits in a second. Seriously, just go away and stop messing with my stats! /grumble

Yeah, the spammers have been trying to pull together in force and it's been annoying to watch. Of course, they can't really do much with a DDoS against a google server so...eh. It's just messing with the stats which are fun to watch at work.