L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i



Sunday, January 14, 2024

Pour une journée au printemps.... - day dress, French, circa 1904-08

 

Cotton lawn, with handmade and machine-made lace, as well as handmade cotton crocheted flowers, all pieced together by hand. Unknown maker.

In the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.


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  1. helsJanuary 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM

    The poor seamstresses must have gone blind hand-making the millions of lace pieces and cotton flowers, then putting the dress together by hand. Look how well it survived the 120 years.

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