This is a striking early 19th century cotton printed dress. The sleeve is tightly pleated, in the gigot or \"Imbecile\" style, narrowing towards the wrist, that area with a small triangle pieced in, perhaps for ease in dressmaking. There is piping at the shoulder seam and edging the neckline. The bodice has a V seam in front, the back has two angled straight seams. This helps to narrow the silhouette while balancing the wide sleeve and fully pleated skirt.
The pink ground has a pattern in shades of blue, yellow, green, pink, and brown. The print has the charming mis-registration common to fabrics of this era, and should be visible in the closeups above. It\'s entirely hand sewn, as you would expect.
It\'s lined with white cotton, fastens with hidden brass hooks and eyes, there is an 11\" brown cotton hem.
It measures 14 1/2\" across at the bust, 12 1/2\" across at the waist, it\'s 52 1/2\" long in front.
Very good overall condition. There is some color loss at the sleeves, shown in the pictures above. There is some slight fading to the fabric at the hem area, some color variation here and there, a few whitish spots. The left sleeve has a hole about 3/4\" x 5/8\", shown in the closeup above. The same sleeve has 3 splits at the undersleeve, these are about 3/8\" long and not very obvious. 1827-1832.
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