features cartridge pleats and is lined with silk taffeta
Jacket worn in one (or more) summer(s) around the year 1910
entirely appropriate for its age
and admirers of Victorian fashion and 19th‑century leisure culture
The sleeves fall into two cascading flounces
Antique Gray Silk Floral Day Dress, ca. 1916 #societydress features cartridge pleats and isThis beautiful gray silk day dress, dating to around 1916, is a refined example of late Edwardian and early WWI fashion. The soft gray silk is decorated with small red, yellow, and green floral motifs, giving the dress a delicate, almost watercolorlike charm. Designed as a onepiece garment, it reflects the transitional silhouette of the mid1910s elegant, practical, and increasingly fluid in movement. The dress is distinguished by its finely placed