Antique French handmade white cotton night gown or slip beautifully edged and light cool cotton from around the 1920s period. This can easily be worn as a summer dress with a belted waist, or not, or just as it was initially intended as a night gown. It has a nice embroidered edging detail around the square cut neck and the wide shoulder straps.
It sits just above the knee in length (the model is 173cm), would be great as a summer dress.
This came from a batch of linens in a French Manor House in the South West of France.
It is in good condition, zoom into the photos to see the cloth in detail with its weave. There is the usually occasional tiny bobbling of the cotton fabric. There is a hand stitched darned repair on the back (the price is adjusted accordingly). Please see all photos, and zoom in, for further descriptions.
Length - shoulder seam to hem: 98.5cm/38.8 inches Width - armpit to armpit: 56cm/22 inches Width - base hem: 85cm/33.5 inches Width - inside shoulder seam to shoulder seam (neck opening): 20cm/7.9 inches Approximate measurements, give or take a few millimetres.
The model in the photo is 173cm, European size 40-42, UK 12-14.
