Is this peasant top from the 1930s?

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theparaders

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I'm taking a stab in the dark here, but this top feels 1930s-ish to me. Am I way off? It feels very crepe-like and the embroidery is all hand-sewn.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

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I do not know that much about the style , Bows head to Jonathan on that , what stands out for me is the condition of the embroidery it's in my view too good a condition for been over 70 years without any fading or very little. I would say the embroidery is much later to me it had a very folk art style in my mind
 
Thank you all! The top was very very dirty and dingy, so I cleaned it with a bit of oxyclean which brightened the colors A TON! I don't know if that makes a difference with your opinion, Pauline...thanks for pointing that out!
 
I would have to see it up close could be 40s could be 70s. The folk styles can be hard sometimes because places like Mexico still do this embroidery by hand and most definitely could do so in the 60s-70s. Yet, you are the one touching it, so the crepe could signify that late 30s/40s date. Do you have any closer pictures of stitching/sewing or such? Thanks it is pretty:)
 
If there is ever such an items that has a interesting story behind it and to tell then I feel this is the item to have one to be told.
As 1/3 of my familly are Swiss ( Ok it's a long time since I lived with them for any period of time) but in my mind which can play tricks on me the embroidery reminds me of them.

It's been kept I feel better than just a item of clothing of it's ago ,so I think it really ment something special to someone.
 
I think this is a hard one, and one would maybe have to handle it and get a feeling for it. I first though 30s too, but it does look incredibly "new". But stranger things have happened...

I have several late 1930s German magazines here that have lots of sewing, knitting and embroidery patterns. There are a few peasant-style blouses and dresses with embroidery in there, but the embroidery motifs are all in one color (red on white) and more geometric and mostly in cross stitch, save one dress with a corn flower-embroidery and a drindl dress with broad floral embroidery on the skirt and around the neck. The blouses all don't have a neck opening like this blouse here, with the slit and the ties - the 1930s blouses just have a small round neck opening.

I have also seen loads and loads of 60s/70s embroidered peasant blouses in secondhand shops in Vienna, and have been wondering if maybe these were also produced in eastern Europe at the time - like Hungary or Czechoslovakia. Things from there always made their way to Vienna - I see that with other things too.

@Pauline - how interesting to hear! I couldn't say that this embroidery looks especially Swiss, but things like this were certainly produced in Switzerland too. I have just acquired almost the complete year 1946 (just one issue missing) of a weekly Swiss sewing/handicraft magazine. This was a time of patriotism and traditionalism, and there are lots of embroidery things in there too, but I haven't yet had time to look through every issue. So far I haven't found seen anything similar regarding the embroidery. I will probably blog them, as it's so much to take in, and I've already seen so many interesting, funny and weird things in there that are worth sharing! Who knows what more I'll find.

Karin
 
I'm a bit late to the game, here - but I'd join Jonathan on saying late 30's. I have one that's very similar - mine also has side snaps and a small tag whose construct & typeface also lend towards 1930's. Mine is also in excellent condition. When things are stored properly, I wouldn't give the potential "too good to be THAT old" thought any ground.
I have people come into my shops every day who I overhear say things like "this stuff can't be REAL vintage - the condition is too good to be that old" :)
 
There were lots of these made in the '70s but generally I think they were machine embroidered - I think this one just looks new because it's been cleaned up so well. The colours were very popular in the '40s so I can agree with Jonathan's very late '30s and go into the early '40s on it.
 
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