The history of this dress is very interesting, size 8, this is a very rare dress. John W Shaw company history of the heartland. John W Shaw company established a dress factory at 618 E. El Dorado St. in 1938 as the economy showed signs of recovery from the great depression. Danville and Lincoln, Illinois was the location of his last dress factories around the 1950s when he passed away. I cannot stress enough, This dress is beautiful quality , the off-white lace with tiny trim thread is crisp and thick quality. If you would decide to wear the bonnet, it is beautifully made but the dress alone with the specialty belt would make a lovely style Boho dress maxi dress, please study all photos as photos are your best description. Also study all photos for any imperfections as I do not take returns. Also, please study all photos to admire quality of this historic dress, thank you so much for looking. Also frock is an old fashioned word for dress, the word frock is on the label inside the dress.