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Edwardian 1912 Cutwork Whitework 2 Piece Linen Walking Suit - Helen Larson Collection
Presenting a Edwardian white linen outfit with cutwork and wandering scrolls and embroidered rounds with intricate hand done lace fillings, and with eyelet galore on jacket, skirt, and sleeves. Satin stitch embroidery consists of beautiful skillfully done raised work, twigs, flowers and eyelet. Just lovely. Dating to the Edwardian 1912's period.
This Is The Cutwork Line Outfit you have been waiting for.
This 2 piece linen walking suit has been de-accessioned from the Helen Larson and
Doris Langley Moore collection. Doris
Langley Moore was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Costume in Bath
England. She was an avid collector and was a well known fashion historian.
Long jacket having scalloped collar, long cuffed sleeves and with front crocheted buttons closures, all decorated with cutwork scrolls, satin-stitch embroidered twigs and flowers. Jacket has an attached self belt with Helen Larson's Collection label sewn into belt.
Wide A-line skirt having 7 panels with matching decorations. Skirt has hook and eye closures at back.
Jacket and skirt have no lining.
Condition: In very good antique condition with very few imperfections consistent with it's age. Looks like the outfit has never been worn. There is NO underarm discoloration. Minor wear to belt, few light small spots above hem on skirt, tiny mend, and very minor tiny stitch holes at hem where a hem seam was taken out and altered, very little minor damage. Sturdy and strong and very wearable.
MEASUREMENTSJACKET: Bust 36",
Sleeve length 22-1/2",
Across back of shoulders 14-1/2",
Front length from shoulder to jacket length 30-1/2."
SKIRT:
Waist 31"
Front length 41".
A lovely addition to one's collection. Would make a wonderful romantic wedding dress.
Many
in the historic fashion world are familiar with Helen Larson and the massive
collections she has put together both as a fashion historian and as a
businesswoman through her creation of Western Costume in Los Angeles.
A stunning antique
original 1887 yellow silk and ivory brocade trained bustle gown. The dress is
from the collection of Helen Larson and Doris Langley Moore. Ms. Moore was
responsible for the establishment of the Museum of Costumes in Bath England
which opened in 1963. She was a serious collector and fashion historian. She began her collection in the early 1920’s.
Helen Larson was a passionate collector of both fashion and history. She, with
the assistance of her close friend Doris Langley Moore-founder of The Costume
Museum, Bath, England-assembled a massive collection over a 50 year career
beginning in the 1940?s. There are several lots offered that were illustrated
in Moore’s The Woman in Fashion and The Child in Fashion. For the past several
years The Helen Larson Private Collection has been housed at FIDM (Fashion
Institute of Design and Merchandising).
I have listed many other antique dress in my store.
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Our antique textiles are collectible
and are not new and not reproductions, and have lived a long and eventful life
and sometimes developing flaws. We do not launder or dryclean unless stated in
listing, and most times have been in storage for many decades picking up old
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to bidding/buying. Item: 2pc151 - pg3/23
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