TWO EMBROIDERED SILK FAILLE MOURNING DRESSES, 1880s

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  • Lot: 137
  • December 4th, 2024 - Vintage Winter Wonderland
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
2-pc black silk faille dress w/ black silk raised satin stitch embroidery in rose & net swag motif w/ iridescent black short bugle beads, black spanish lace cuff & skirt SS panels, under-cuff of mm Val lace, barrel buttons topped w/ jet bead, early 1880s, B 36”, L 18”, skirt W 30”, L 40”, (tiny pulls, minor fraying cuffs, light wear buttons, minor loss & cloudiness to beading, skirt Wband expanded, skirt button loose) Excellent; 2-pc black silk faille dress w/ silver metallic & jet beading to asymmetrical bodice front, cuff & right front of skirt, embroidered net lace cuff, 1889, B 33”, L 20”, skirt W 24”, L 40”, (minor shatter SH & CB Wband, minor bead loss, minor-moderate cloudiness to black beads, skirt Wband altered) Good. Valentine Museum.

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  • Low Estimate: $ 300
  • High Estimate: $ 500
  • Category: Womens Day
  • Era: 1850-1890

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