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Small Girl's Dress
1820s

Charming miniscule print.


Cataloguing

The shallow bodice with wide neck trimmed with flat ivory tape and trimmed with handmade Bucks lace, gathering from the centre of the neck to the high waist, tape trim with tight pleating to the full skirt, short sleeves with a pintuck, embellished with ivory flat tape, hand made Bucks lace trim, the back with two tape ties across the opening, the bodice partly lined in cotton, all in purple and mauve print cotton.



Shoulder to hem 33 in; 85 cm


Condition

Very very good. Clean and fresh.  There is one slight area of wear 1 cm dia. near the front hem, but this can't be seen because of the folds of the fabric. 10 inches to the right there are also two slight dark marks, the size of a large round pinhead,  which again are hard to detect.