1910s White Cotton Muslin Tea Dress Leaf_Print_Dress Bust - 34"/ 87cm

Bust - 34"/ 87cm

Waist - 32 in (81

Pieces such as this would have been designed as sportswear and outwear for women in the elite at the turn of the century and would have been worn on shooting excursions and country walks

6 cm)LENGTH - 28 in

BUST - 37" (94 cms)

1910s White Cotton Muslin Tea Dress Leaf_Print_Dress Bust - 34"/ 87cmThis is a very fine handmade Edwardian to early 1910s cotton white cotton mousseline tea dress. It has wonderful design details; the bodice has a series of horizontal pin tuck pleats with exposed rectangular eyelets on the collar bone. These are further repeated on the elegant tapered sleeves. The high necked collar is delicately edged in cotton tulle and this is repeated on the cuffs. It has the most dainty, genuine pearlescent buttons on the cuffs