GENUINE ANTIQUE FRENCH 3 PIECE DRESS CAPE AND BONNET FOR 26INCH DOLL
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GENUINE FRENCH 3 PIECE ANTIQUE COSTUME FOR 26INCH DOLL. I HAVE FOR AUCTION A GENUINE ANTIQUE FRENCH COSTUME TO FIT APPROXIMATELY A 25 TO 28INCH DOLL,PLEASE CHECK THE MEASUREMENTS BELOW FOR MORE DETAILED SIZING.THE DOLL I HAVE USED TO DISPLAY THE COSTUME MEASURES 30INCHES AND THE COSTUME IS TOO SMALL FOR HER SO I WOULD SAY IT WOULD FIT BETTER ON A 26INCH DOLL WITH A CHUNKY BODY WHICH THE FRENCH DOLLS HAD.THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE COSTUME ONLY.I BOUGHT THIS APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO FROM AN ESTATE SALE ALONG WITH OTHERS AND SADLY THE DOLLS THEY WERE FOR WHICH WERE BROKEN.I HAVE KEPT IT HOPING TO BUY A FRENCH DOLL WHICH IT WOULD FIT BUT IT HAS JUST BEEN STORED AWAY AND NOT USED.I WOULD GUESS IT DATES FROM 1900 TO 1920.IT IS MADE UP OF 3 PIECES,DRESS,CAPE AND BONNET.THE MAIN FABRIC IS A KIND OF WOOL/TWEED GREY IN COLOUR.THE DRESS IS A DROPPED WAIST STYLE WITH GATHERED PLASTRON MADE FROM GOLD TAFFETA? WITH A DOUBLE SKIRT AND RIBBON AND BOW SASH TRIMMED WITH BLACK AND SILVER EDGING AND VELVET BUTTONS,LONG SLEEVES AND LINED INSIDE.THE MATCHING CAPE IS BEAUTIFUL IT IS SHAPED ALL THE WAY ROUND WITH POINTS AND EDGED TO MATCH THE DRESS (I HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE BACK SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILING) WITH A COLLAR AND VELVET BUTTONS TO THE FRONT.THE BONNET IS MADE FROM BLACK VELVET AND THE SAME FABRICS WITH A SMALL MATCHING BOW.CONDITION IS
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