TWO SHEER SUMMER GOWNS, AMERICA, 1930s

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  • Lot: 229
  • September 9th, 2020- Historical Clothing & Vintage Couture
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
1 white gauze w/ round neckline & large keyhole, CF hook & eye closure hidden under pale blue velvet bow, short puff sleeve, 3 dimensional applied ladder woven openwork bands at neckline, cuff, W & top of four panel skirt, B 36", W 27", L 59", (stains front B & W, stitches pulling at pleats on cuffs, stains at hem, 2 tiny holes right B) good; 1 Grecian inspired light dusty blue crepe chiffon w/ surplice bodice, wide smocked W band & SHs, puffed petal sleeves & micro pleated full skirt, B 34", W up to 40", L 57.5", (tiny spot stains at back neck, light spot stain CB) very good. Provenance: Mary "Mimi" Sherwood Hedrick (1878-1960) wife of Redfield Proctor, Jr., (1879-1957), 59th Governor of Vermont, (1923-1925).

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  • Category: Womens Evening
  • Era: 1920-1949

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