GENUINE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN TURQUOISE SILK LACE DRESS TOP

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OF ALL OF THE OUTFITS THAT I HAVE SOLD AND AM SELLING THIS, I THINK, IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IT IS STUNNING VICTORIAN SILK TOP/BODICE/JACKET FOR A SKIRT. THE COLOURS ARE AS BRIGHT TODAY AS THEY WERE 150 YEARS AGO SADLY THERE IS NO SKIRT BUT I GUESS A SKILLED DRESSMAKER COULD MATCH IT UP THIS HAS TRULY STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND I AM SURE THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY VERY EXPENSIVE VICTORIAN OUTFIT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR A WEALTHY YOUNG GIRL ....IT IS WONDERFUL JUST TO LOOK AT, AND HANDLE IT. THE WORKMANSHIP IS SUPERB.....THERE ARE WHAT, I GUESS, ARE WHALE BONES IN TH BODICE IT HAS AN UPTURNED LACE TYPE RUFFLE AT THE COLOUR THE BUTTON HOLES ARE HAND DONE AS IS MOST OF THE STITCHING...IT COULD POSSIBLY BE TOTALLY HAND STITCHED AND COULD BE EARLIER THAN VICTORIAN...I AM NOT SURE.....SO PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PHOTOS AS THEY DO CONSTITUTE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THE EXQUISITE COLOUR HAS NOT FADED IN ANY WAY IT IS ON A SIZE 12+ MODEL IT HAS BEEN STORED AWAY FOR YEARS IN A VICTORIAN TIN TRUNK AND IS SOMEWHAT CRUSHED AS A RESULT I WILL ALSO BE SELLING THE TIN TRUNK ONCE I HAVE AUCTIONED OFF THE TOTAL CONTENTS FAB FOR SERIOUS COLLECTOR'S OF VINTAGE CLOTHING OR EVEN FOR AM DRAM LOTS OF PHOTOS TO VIEW PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS DRESS IS ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD AND IT WILL NOT BE 100% PERFECT (BUT ALMOST read more

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