VERY COLLECTABLE ANTIQUE FRENCH VICTORIAN 1800'S WHITE FINE COTTON HAND EMBROIDERED BLOUSE

BOUGHT IN THE 1980'S AS PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION IN PARIS

EXCEPTIONAL RARE MATCHING HAND EMBROIDERY OVER THE ENTIRE FRONT, COLLAR AND CUFFS OF THE BLOUSE

LACE INSERTS ONTHE SHOULDER SEAMS

LARGE UNUSUAL SIDE SHOULDER TUCKS AND TINY PLEATING AT THE SHOULDER ARM SEAM

HAND COVERED BUTTONS

ONE TINY MEND BY THE SIDE RIGHT FRONT LOWER SEAM AND THREE TINY RUST SPOTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE

SIZE 6

13 1/2 INCH NECK

15 1/2 INCH SHOULDERS

   36 INCH BUST

34 INCH WAIST

26 INCHES CUFF TO SHOULDER SEAM

35 INCH SLEEVES CUFF TO CENTER COLLAR ALONG THE OUTER EDGE

20 INCH LENGTH

CODE 0138