Woven Wool Skirt & Fringed Shawl...Update - Photos Added

thevintagebungalow

thevintagebungalow

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I unearthed this in a box of crap down in a basement at an estate sale. I've sent it off to the cleaners but wanted to verify the date so I took quick shots. This sale really had me confused because everything was boxed together and mixed up. It is a very pretty set. The stripes are shot with metallic threads. Do you think mid 50s?? Also, does it display well with the top I'm using?? I reminds me of something that might have been worn on holiday!

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I just realized I forgot to shoot a pic of the label :wacko:. I'll add it as soon as I pick it up from the cleaners.

Ok, here is a close-up of the fabric, the label and the side metal zipper.
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In the 40's early 50's the peasant thing was in this was worn with a pair of capezio ballet shoes. Perfect blouse.


-CHris
 
I may be completely wrong about this but I think it's later. Maybe you should wait until you can look at the label to decide. I think it's early to mid-70's when the ethnic and "peasant" look was poplular. The metallic threads and the colors in the skirt make me think that - along with the dirndl cut.

Linn
 
I know it looks more 70s - that was my first reacion too, but I ran across an article in Vogue from 1944 or 1945 a while back about hand loomed skirts and shawls from California - this looks exactly like what they were showing. I know its in one of mags but which one I don't know.
 
Beautiful set; I'd have said 70s too, but with the info from th experts, it's apparent that the 70s look was a throwback style.

Love it--this is the style I would've worn back in the 70s myself.
 
If the gold thread is lurex then it has to be post 1953 (I think that was the year lurex was introduced if I remember correctly) The ones in the 1944/45 article didn't have gold threads in them.
 
That picture really is awesome!

I thought the skirt I had was made in Quebec, but when I saw "madawaska weavers" it rang a bell and sure enough, mine is the same maker.

 
That's the label, Deborah!

Here's an excerpt from my description of the skirt (I googled "madawaska weavers" a bit, and found that they still participate in Canadian & New England cultural/crafts fairs, and have earlier items in area museums):

Labeled "Fait A La Main; 100% Wool; Madawaska Weavers" (“fait a la main” translates as “made by hand”), it hails from St Leonard, New Brunswick in Canada, where hand-woven textiles traditional to Acadian culture there evolved into a cottage industry in the late 19th century.
 
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