TWO SILK OR COTTON DAY DRESSES, VIRGINIA, 1914-1915

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  • Lot: 37
  • September 25th, 2024 - End of Summer Elegance
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
1 white cotton w/ silk twill windowpane check block printed in blues & browns in floral & stylized plaid stripes, square back collar continuing into falling front tabs, cummerbund W sash, peplum overskirt, 1915, B 36”, W 26”, L 50”, sash 12”x40”, (slip N/I, no closures CF, 7” opening b/t bodice & W, remade mid 20th C w/ missing element bodice front, tiny-1.5” stains, few sm holes, 1.5” tear hem fold, few tears up to 4” in sash); 1 tan silk pongee w/ printed lame’ chiffon collar, cuff & ends of sash, green piping & decorative triangular glass buttons, swagged overskirt gathered to self-covered mandorla at Hs, 1914, label “Beulah Atkinson, Norfolk VA”, B 34”, W 25”, L 55”, (light wear, few sm stains/pulls, discoloration) Both Excellent. Valentine Museum.

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  • Price Realized: $ 812.5
  • Category: Womens Day
  • Era: 1850-1890

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