Description
From the later Edwardian era, a home sewn voile print doll blouse, featuring standup collar and tuckwork. I think one of the marvel of this little gem is the creativity of making the fabric “stretch”. Not really a stretch as we think, but seaming pieces of limited fabric together to require the amount needed to complete the project. One has to marvel at the ingenuity of the fabrication. I can remember my own grandmother employing this very technique. I feel, in this case, it also provide a distinct shape to the blouse. Often times as you find, too, the bottom of the blouse (they were called waist then) were left with a raw edge. I guess when they were tucked in the raw edge would never show. So why finish?
The print of the fabric is a series of dots, circles and perhaps a small flower. It is so faded, it is hard to know. Still it didn’t matter, dolly had a new piece of clothing. The blouse is 6″in length from the neck line to the bottom edge. 8″ from shoulder to shoulder. 16″ around the chest. Sleeve length is 3-3/4″ long. Sleeve opening is 4″ around.
Condition: A couple small holes and one seams partially pulled apart. A few stitches would fix.
Suitable for a farmhouse primitive look. Probably dates abut 1915.
