Silk dress - decade and type of silk?

themerchantsofvintage

themerchantsofvintage

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Please excuse prelim pics - too hot to steam right now and it's going to get even hotter.

This dress has me puzzled. It has a dropped waist (2" below waist on my tall manni), metal side zip (no name), is lined (I think rayon, synthetic for sure) and has snap bra stays on the shoulders. No elastic for the gathered skirt. The borders on the silk have a Romanesque or Greek feel to it.

When do you think this was made? And is there a name for this type of silk - picture of the back below?

Thanks!









 
Deborah, that is lovely! And I would say 50s, too. It's styled much like a mid-50's linen sun dress I sold a couple of years ago.

Is the fabric a silk broadcloth? It looks like it from here, with the low lustre. Perhaps China Silk, but I think China Silk would be shinier. Awfully hard to tell on a computer screen. But if it has no slubbing and no texture (like crepe or twill), and a low sheen, I'd call it a broadcloth.
 
yep, looks like Indian (India) silk. i would be willing to bet it was custom made which makes the dating more difficult, but it has lines similar to one of my aunt Bernita's, and that was from the late 50's.

lovely dress, Deborah
 
l thought perhaps a cusper? post war?..the handmade detail ..l wonder if its a constructed piece, make do and mend, redo? reuse....
 
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