#4007 $1,600 Sold
Hand-embroidered tulle dress, 1920s
The ensemble consists of a long sleeve dress and a sleeveless bolero with long ties that provocatively wrap around the hip—see the two bottom pictures of the bolero alone.
The dress slips over the head with no closures. The skirt dips lower in back. A black crepe slip comes with the dress. I also photographed it without the slip so you can get a sense of the detail and shape—see the first picture below.
The dress is fashioned from fine black cotton tulle gaily decorated with whimsical bouquets of flowers that are hand embroidered with wool yarn and silk floss (5th picture from the bottom).
Through the sweet-briar, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine:
There on beds of violets blue,
And fresh-blown roses washed in dew,
Come, and trip it as you go
On the light fantastic toe.
In theory, all the oxygen molecules in a large room could simultaneously move to one side of the room, causing everyone on the other side to suddenly suffocate. That never happens because of statistical probability.
The discreet sensuality of our dress will be proven if you wear it to a party with 20 men and 20 women. You can expect that almost all the men will quickly gravitate to you, defying statistical probability. Please report back when you have conducted this experiment.
The condition is excellent. It is clean and ready to wear.
The dress measures: 40" bust, 38" waist, 50" hip, 15 1/2" from shoulder seam to shoulder seam, 21" sleeve length, and 49" from the shoulder to the front hem (longer in back).
The bolero is 27" long at the center-back.
